2007-03-22 02:24:11 · 5 answers · asked by Wayne M 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
1. an American global Internet services company.
2. one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the Houyhnhnms.
3. an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel.
4. a coarse or brutish person.
2007-03-22 02:28:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A brutish person,a bumpkin or one with limited intelligence.
The meaning of this word, according to Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, is:
'a name given by Swift (Jonathan Swift) in 'Gulliver's Travels' to a class of animals with the forms of men but the understanding and passions of brutes; a brutal or boorish lout'.
It appears that this word was sometimes used by some people when they got some unexpected exciting news, expressing their emotions!
2007-03-22 02:46:53 · answer #2 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is also a word we use in our area when we jump off the cliff into the river. Kinda like "yipeeeee" Maybe that's what the company had in mind. Note the television ads "yahooooo"
2007-03-22 02:42:09 · answer #3 · answered by Californiamama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo:
An unrefined, rude person...a barbarian!!
Makes U wonder....eh???? :p~
2007-03-22 02:33:56 · answer #4 · answered by froggie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not very intelligent or interested in culture
2007-03-22 03:13:51 · answer #5 · answered by Krish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋