yahoo
[ yah-hoo ]
/ ˈyɑˈhu /
interjection
(an exclamation used to express joy, excitement, etc.)
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Origin of yahoo
First recorded in 1975–80; of imitative origin
Definition for yahoo (2 of 2)
Yahoo
[ yah-hoo, yey-, yah-hoo ]
/ ˈyɑ hu, ˈyeɪ-, yɑˈhu /
noun, plural Ya·hoos.
(in Swift's Gulliver's Travels) one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the Houyhnhnms.
(lowercase) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel.
(lowercase) a coarse or brutish person.
Origin of Yahoo
coined by Swift in Gulliver's Travels (1726)
Related formsya·hoo·ism, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for yahoo
yahoo
/ (jəˈhuː) /
noun plural -hoos
a crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person
Derived Formsyahooism, noun
Word Origin for yahoo
C18: from the name of a race of brutish creatures resembling men in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)
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Word Origin and History for yahoo
yahoo
"a brute in human form," 1726, from the race of brutish human creatures in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." The internet search engine so called from 1994.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper