Meanings
plural Doritos
- A tortilla chip of the Doritos brand.
[Timmy] offered her his bag of Doritos.
1991, Ellen Emerson White, “The Boy Next Door”, in Thirteen: Thirteen Tales of Horror, page 3023 more examples
I looked out the kitchen window at my garden, my trenches, my dirt, and then my gaze turned downward toward my Dorito-stained hand.
2010, Stacy Alaimo, Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self, page 12Stuffing the last Dorito chip into her mouth, she brushed the salt from her hands.
2013, Pamela Yaye, Games of the Heart2025 June 27, Hank Green, “You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9euKCrTyMEc, vlogbrothers We thought that if you gave people information about how many calories were in Doritos, it would make them healthier. […] I don't think the solution is to deeply understand the chemical and caloric content of a Dorito.
Origin
- Spanishdoradito“little golden [thing]”
- Spanishfrito“fried”
- Spanishdorar“to gild”
- EnglishDorito
Marketing coinage, likely from Spanish dorar (“to gild”), dorado (“golden”), with an ending matching other brands of Frito-Lay Inc. (Cheetos, Fritos, Tostitos), from Spanish frito (“fried”), also possibly as a clipping of Spanish doradito (“little golden [thing]”), diminutive of dorado (“golden”).
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Dorito. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dorito
“Dorito.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dorito. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dorito,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dorito.
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