Cuckoo
Cuckoo noun - A person who lacks good sense or judgment.
Usage example: one cuckoo at the campground tried to boil soup in a plastic cup
Nearby Word: cuckooing
Dodo
Dodo noun - A person with old-fashioned ideas.
Both words in one sentence
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In The Sandman, Luz the dodo is one of the Dream People in Barbie's Dream Land battling the Cuckoo, who she's mistaken for by Barbie's neighbors.
Source: Dumb Dodo Bird - In "Bart the Mother", Seymour Skinner implies that the cuckoo and the nēnē are extinct species like the dodo, which they aren't.
Source: Artistic License - Ornithology - This is suddenly interrupted by a Cloud Cuckoo Lander Manic Pixie Dream Girl named Dodo accidentally walking in on him, deciding to travel with him in about two minutes of conversation, and then Steven returning with no explanation to suggest that Dodo might be one of Anne's descendants.
Source: Mood Whiplash / Live-Action TV
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Dodo and Cuckoo. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cuckoo/dodo
Cuckoo & Dodo. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cuckoo/dodo>.
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