dodie
An Irish English word for a baby's pacifier or soother — the small rubber nipple-shaped object that parents give infants to suck on for comfort.
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Born ~1900 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
i guess i'm human no more i can tell i've rotted in your brain ~ monster by dodie
being awfully loud for an introvert ~ monster by dodie
these boots (Megadeth)my adidas(run DMC)those shoes(eagles)hi heel sneakers(Tommy Tucker)come Monday(Jimmy Buffett)old brown shoe(beatles)tan shoes pink shoelaces(Dodie Stevens)
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An Irish English word for a baby's pacifier or soother — the small rubber nipple-shaped object that parents give infants to suck on for comfort. The word is warm and distinctly Irish in flavor, used affectionately in everyday conversation from Dublin to Donegal. It's baby talk that became standard household vocabulary: parents lose dodies down the back of the sofa, babies scream until they get them back, and older siblings learn to weaponize this dynamic.
She couldn't settle the baby at all until she found the dodie rolled under the cot.
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“She learned to play the recorder before her front teeth came in and also learned the clarinet.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodie#cite_note-4) At age 12, on 1 August 2007, Dodie created her first YouTube channel, "Dodders5", now known as the "Alice and Dodie show!", shared with her friend Alice Webb.”
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(Ireland) A baby's pacifier or soother.
"dodie" means a baby's pacifier or soother. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"dodie" is informal English meaning a baby's pacifier or soother. It is mainly heard in British English (and Irish English). A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "a baby's pacifier or soother" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "dodie" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
“i guess i'm human no more i can tell i've rotted in your brain ~ monster by dodie”
— Bluesky· May 2026“being awfully loud for an introvert ~ monster by dodie”
— Bluesky· May 2026“these boots (Megadeth)my adidas(run DMC)those shoes(eagles)hi heel sneakers(Tommy Tucker)come Monday(Jimmy Buffett)old brown shoe(beatles)tan shoes pink shoelaces(Dodie Stevens)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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