2006-10-14 09:05:07 · 9 answers · asked by sajayaseen4d 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
If you're looking specifically at how the website/company got its name, it stands for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle." More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21
2006-10-14 17:23:32 · answer #1 · answered by sherryberry74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the eighteenth-century novelist Jonathan Swift coined the term Yahoo; at least, he made it famous. In his _Gulliver's Travels_ (book 4 to be precise) he introduces a very selfish, filthy creature that's monkey-like in its behavior. These are the Yahoos. They're contrasted with the Houhnhym (sp???), who are creatures that look like horses, but are capable of reasoning. Gulliver (the main character) ends up having an identity crisis becuase he is terrified that he's *like* the Yahoos; he looks like them, but wants to imagine himself as a Houhnhym.
Why a website would choose this as a name is something I've wondered about before..... Maybe one of those Yahoo employees will take note of your question and supply an answer for both of us.
2006-10-14 16:44:05 · answer #2 · answered by mae fenn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are two definitions:
1. From American Heritage® Dictionary:
NOUN: A crude or brutish person. yahooism, pl. yahoos
2. From Merriam-Webster's Dictionary:
Pronunciation: yä-'hü
Function: interjection
Etymology: perhaps alteration of yo-ho, interjection used to attract attention, from yo + ho
2006-10-14 16:23:07 · answer #3 · answered by moekittykitty 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Enthusiast
Excitement
Onomatopoeia
2006-10-15 14:23:33 · answer #4 · answered by London Tipton 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll tell you my experience .
In the movie : " Princesse Diaries " ; Ann Hathaway seys this : " He's yahoo ! " . She meant : crazy or lunatic .
2006-10-14 16:58:38 · answer #5 · answered by citizen high 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A crude or brutish person
2006-10-14 16:13:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It can be an exclamation of enthusiastic excitement, or a person who is sort of a jerk.
2006-10-14 16:13:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yuppie!!!!
2006-10-14 16:36:08 · answer #8 · answered by interpreters_are_hot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
weeeee! hurray! yahoo!
2006-10-14 16:07:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋