Fido (origin and meaning)

Posted by Al on November 13, 2004

In Reply to: Fido (origin and meaning) posted by DH on November 13, 2004

: : : I think a fido is a coin with error: a coin with a minting error

: : : but also seems to be a Mid-20th century Acronym formed from freaks, irregulars, defects, and oddities, can anybody help with the date in which was first used?

: : : any other meanings?
: : Acronym finder supplies a number of other uses, and verifies freaks, etc.:
: : [Dead link removed - ed]
: : I haven't found a date of first use yet.

: A name for a dog of course. I do find "fido" the acronym in Webster's 1974 Collegiate Ed, which means it's been around for a good while. Coincidentally, I've experienced great difficulty in determining dates words first used; any followup on this very subject appreciated--DH

Dale, it seem to me that the people over at wordorigins on ezboard may be good at tracing dates. If the word is a 20th century US word newspaperarchives is good but it is difficult to use and requires a fee to get any useful accurate information