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Waldo
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Wal·do  (wôld, wäl-) or Val·do (vl-, väl-), Peter Also known as Peter or Pierre Valdès. fl. 12th century.
French religious leader who founded the Waldenses and was excommunicated in 1184.

waldo [ˈwɔːldəʊ]
n pl -dos, -does
(Engineering / Tools) a gadget for manipulating objects by remote control
[named after Waldo F. Jones, inventor in a science-fiction story by Robert Heinlein]


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s probably approached by a lot of goofballs every day, and that when he approaches her with a naughty boy smile backed up by personal authority, he will be incredibly attractive to her purely based on the contrast with all the waldos she has to put up with.
Rosemarie Ostler - "Let's Talk Turkey: The Stories Behind America's Favorite Expressions" (2008) and "Dewdroppers, Waldos and Slackers.
If Waldo were someone with MS, epidemiologists would want to know how many Waldos there are in a group.
 
 
 
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