Dorito

English

Etymology

Marketing coinage, likely from Spanish dorar (“to gild”), dorado (“golden”), with an ending matching other brands of Frito-Lay Inc. (Cheetos, Fritos, Tostitos), from Spanish frito (“fried”), also possibly as a clipping of Spanish doradito (“little golden [thing]”), diminutive of dorado (“golden”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɔˈritoʊ/

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Noun

Dorito (plural Doritos)

1. A tortilla chip of the Doritos brand.
   • 1991, Ellen Emerson White, “The Boy Next Door”, in Thirteen: Thirteen Tales of Horror, page 302:

     [Timmy] offered her his bag of Doritos.

   • 2010, Stacy Alaimo, Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self, page 12:

     I looked out the kitchen window at my garden, my trenches, my dirt, and then my gaze turned downward toward my Dorito-stained hand.

   • 2013, Pamela Yaye, Games of the Heart:

     Stuffing the last Dorito chip into her mouth, she brushed the salt from her hands.

   • 2025 June 27, Hank Green, “You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information”, vlogbrothers

     We thought that if you gave people information about how many calories were in Doritos, it would make them healthier. […] I don't think the solution is to deeply understand the chemical and caloric content of a Dorito.

Derived terms

• Dorito body

Anagrams

• rotoid, toroid