dido

[dahy-doh] /ˈdaɪ doʊ/
noun, plural didos, didoes. Usually, didos, didoes, Informal.
1.
a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
2.
a bauble or trifle.
Origin
1800-10; origin uncertain

Dido

[dahy-doh] /ˈdaɪ doʊ/
noun
1.
Phoenician Elissa. Classical Mythology. a queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.
2.
a female given name.
British Dictionary definitions for dido

dido

/ˈdaɪdəʊ/
noun (usually pl) (informal) (pl) -dos, -does
1.
an antic; prank; trick
Word Origin
C19: originally US: of uncertain origin

Dido

/ˈdaɪdəʊ/
noun
1.
(classical myth) a princess of Tyre who founded Carthage and became its queen. Virgil tells of her suicide when abandoned by her lover Aeneas
Word Origin and History for dido
n.

"prank, caper," 1807, American English slang, perhaps from the name of the Carthaginian queen in the "Aeneid." Usually in phrase to cut didoes.

dido in Culture
Dido [(deye-doh)]

In Roman mythology, the founder and queen of Carthage in north Africa. She committed suicide in grief over the departure of her lover, the hero Aeneas.

Note: Dido is an image of the unhappy or unrequited lover.
Slang definitions & phrases for dido

DIDO

modifier

: The DIDO principle still applies to its contents sentence A product can be no better than its constituents; esp, the validity of a computer's output cannot surpass the validity of the input; gigo

[1980s+ Computer; fr the abbreviation of dreck in, dreck out, ''shit in, shit out'']