Christmas Party not Christmas Do/Doo

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Perhaps I am being pedantic but it really grates when people refer to their work Christmas party as their Christmas Do, or even worse, Doo.

Anyone else?

I think people generally say it when the event isn’t a party.

I'm fine with it. Always called parties dos here up North and I'm not prone to self hatred.

Same as hen party / hen do? Just a colloquialism

No

Doo is a bit weird, but “do” has always been used to mean “social event”. I’m Australian, so it can’t even be a regional thing.

HTH

I was just going to mention A Bit of a Do, the TV show from the 80's!

'Do' is just a common colloquialism for a party/event.

'Doo' however, is a travesty and should be a hanging offence.

''Do' is just a common colloquialism for a party/event.

'Doo' however, is a travesty and should be a hanging offence'

Exactly this. 'Doo' is not a thing

I've seen DOO a few times on posts about stag and hen parties. Hideous. I don't mind do so much.

It's more generic than party. Party is a bit more specific and wouldn't fit with something like a sit-down meal or even a few quiet drinks down the pub. "Do" covers a lot of possibilities without sounding as stuffy as get-together/event/celebration. Never seen "doo" — I guess it's just a spelling mistake, not some kind of established thing?

'Do' is perfectly normal - I'd use it as an alternate to Christmas 'meal' or 'meeting at pub with more makeup than normal'.

'Doo' is a spelling mistake.

If you Google do [meaning] it comes up with informal - party.
It obviously doesn’t have a capital as it isn’t a proper noun.

It's fine to capitalise the words in the name of an event, e.g. the Such-and-Such Christmas Do.

I was literally thinking about ‘doo’ and how weird it is a couple of hours ago. Only ever seen it on here. Why would someone think ‘doo’ is a word? Just strange 😵‍💫

I guess it's because that's how it's pronounced, and the word's being used differently to normal, so there's a kind of instinct to spell it as it's pronounced maybe? You see people do it with "to" in places where it would be pronounced like "too". Like, "So I just set too and did it," kind of thing.

What about the ones that call it a Christmas DUE. I see it all the time. Irritates the heck out of me

Most of the christmas dos i’ve attended are certainly not my idea of a party tbh

I can understand someone who's never seen it written down thinking it's a completely different word to "do" and spelling it phonetically to rhyme with "boo" and "too". The verb "to do" has lots of usages unrelated to parties or events.

They're wrong, but it's understandable.

We say it in Ireland too. I did wonder a while ago, what is the meaning behind it. I mean, do what? Is it short for something.

How about a Shindig or a Bash?

As these acceptable or on your banned list of celebratory terms?

Do is fine. Doo is another name for a pigeon

I've literally never seen "doo". Do, however, is perfectly normal English and has been for quite some time.

My work is having a Christmas do. It's a meal out, followed by drinks at a local bar for anyone who doesn’t want to head home straight after the meal. It's not an outright party, so it's a Christmas do instead.

YABU. Christmas do is a perfectly acceptable expression. Never heard or seen doo.

Have you made up the word "doo"?