fido

plural fidos

1. hobbiesA coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors.

1. A stereotypical given name for a dog.

   This may provide a simple explanation for the seemingly universal desire of all dogs to drink from the toilet. Since toilet water has likely been refreshed more recently than the water in Fido's bowl, it tastes better.

   2019, Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce, Unleashing Your Dog

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   He [Jimmy Goodson] also passed along some water-saving tips to customers from residents Ingrid and Doug Scott. “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down. Urine is a sterile liquid and the toilet is not there for the purpose of Fido getting a drink or Junior floating his rubber ducky,” the couple said.

   2015 September 3, Dawn Gagnon, “Castine suffers water shortage: Town buying from Bucksport”, in Bangor Daily News, state edition, Bangor, Me.: Bangor Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B2, column 2

2. abbreviationclippingcomputingClipping of FidoNet.

plural FIDOs · alternative FDO

1. abbreviationacronymspace flightAcronym of flight dynamics officer.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation.
2. abbreviationinitialismcomputer securityInitialism of Fast IDentity Online (Alliance), an industry association launched to develop and promote authentication standards.