Yahoo
From Fresh Dictionary
see also Yahoo and Yahoo!
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English
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Etymology
- Creative origin by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels. Yahoo, a race of brutes, who look and act like man.
- also the rebel battle yell (southern confederate, CSA) cried with a shrill yeaaaaa hoo as in yea, though I walk in the valley of death...
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Noun
yahoo
- A rough, coarse, or uncouth person; yokel; lout
- A loud boisterous person.
- A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia.
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Synonyms
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Interjection
yahoo!
- An exclamation of joy
- A battle cryet:yahoo