Dictionary

updo en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English updo From up- + do.

Meanings

A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck.
- Ruthie Alpern, as she was then known, was a poised and chatty blonde with an updo and a winning smile. 2009 January 15, David Segal, Alison Leigh Cowan, “Madoffs Shared Much, but How Much?”, in New York Times:
- April: Hi. I made JJ an appointment, months ago, to get her hair done. It's going to cost me about eighty dollars. Now you want to flatten it with a bulky set of headphones. I think maybe no. Elsa: You know what? I'm a hairdresser. So I could do all the kids' hairdos for free, you know. Head PTA Mom: Oh, wow, that would be wonderful, yes. April: It's not just about the hair, right? I mean, the Winter Formal is something that our kids have looked forward to their entire high school career. Do we really need to change everything to accommodate one kid? I mean, a silent dance, it's just so... you know, it's sad. Head PTA Mom: Well, maybe we should vote. Elsa: You know what's sad? My son never being able to attend a school event because the sounds are so overwhelming. You know, never being invited to a birthday party because he was the kid at Chuck E. Cheese who couldn't stop screaming. The isolation, the loneliness, the lack of experience... that's sad. Your perfectly healthy kids not being able to get an updo, it's just not on my list. So... Head PTA Mom: OK... Shall we vote? 2017, Mike Oppenhuizen, Jen Regan, “The D-Train to Bone Town” (17:15 from the start), in Michael Patrick Jann, director, Atypical, season 1, episode 6, spoken by April, Elsa, and Head PTA Mom (Nakia Burrise, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Amy Tolsky), via Netflix: