fais-dodo

[ fey-doh-doh ]

/ ˌfeɪ doʊˈdoʊ /

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noun, plural fais-do·dos.Louisiana.

a country dance party.

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Origin of fais-dodo

First recorded in 1940–45; Louisiana French, French: literally, “go to sleep, go night-night!” (fais 2nd person singular imperative of faire “to do, make”; dodo nursery word for “sleep,” probably based on dod(el)iner “to nod, dandle (a child),” influenced by dormir “to sleep”

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Faisal, Faisalabad, Faisal I, Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz, Faisal II, fais-dodo, fait accompli, faites vos jeux, faith, faith-based, faith community