2006-06-28 15:19:26 · 12 answers · asked by julia s 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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...
Noun
A rough, coarse, or uncouth person; yokel; lout
A loud boisterous person.
A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia.
Interjection
An exclamation of joy
A battle cry
2006-07-04 18:07:42 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Hina♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. not very intelligent or interested in culture
2. one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift
3. a widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance
2006-06-28 15:26:28 · answer #2 · answered by AnswerLady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo means yea!! yippee!
Its from the southern U.S.variety of English
2006-06-28 15:27:05 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. love 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a "yahoo" in slang terms means a goof-off.
especially true of high school freshmen.
-signed,
Substitute Teacher
2006-06-28 15:23:33 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Scandalous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yahoo means to movie on, get going, keep going
2006-06-28 15:29:36 · answer #5 · answered by Lady greyhound 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yahoo is an abbreviation for 'Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle'
2006-07-05 04:43:07 · answer #6 · answered by Artika 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo was also a cowboy term for a "fancy city-slicker".
2006-06-28 15:25:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
capitalized : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans
a boorish, crass, or stupid person
2006-06-28 16:03:19 · answer #8 · answered by nom_de_plume30 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some sort of happiness
like "Yahoo!!! I got my first job!" or something like that..
2006-06-28 15:22:39 · answer #9 · answered by .: The Girl Next Door:. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a hindi word which means to show happiness.
2006-06-28 15:28:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋