2006-08-23 01:26:14 · 9 answers · asked by Spook 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. In the final section, Gulliver arrives at a land where the horses are civilized, noble etc. and able to speak. The humanoids (called Yahoos) are primitive savages who run around half-naked and have been enslaved by the horses to do all the work, since they have hands.
This part of the book seldom gets put in children's editions since it's a long political thing about war, etc.
Swift definitely preferred horses to other humans, he felt they were nobler, more decent etc.
So maybe Yahoo! is meant to be our slave....the search engine anyway....
2006-08-23 04:55:20 · answer #1 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Webster's dictionary. Yahoo: 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.
2006-08-23 08:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by teashy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gulliver's Travels
2006-08-23 08:38:51 · answer #3 · answered by fyredragon2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Milkshake Yazooo They Replaced The Z With A H Heheheh Kiddin x x x
2006-08-23 08:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by mcrox_lauraxex 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The name Yahoo! is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle," It was first called "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web"
2006-08-23 08:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by thatgirl 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Wasn't it first used in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
BTW, I like the movie by Hallmark entertainment better than the book.
2006-08-23 08:31:57 · answer #6 · answered by DM 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You Alsways Have Other Options. Y.A.H.O.O.
2006-08-23 08:32:00 · answer #7 · answered by the4nhustla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo ! eureka!....i ave found eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet !..know vot i meanz !??????
2006-08-25 07:48:50 · answer #8 · answered by ralphthemouth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
me.........
2006-08-23 08:32:20 · answer #9 · answered by luluskarma 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋