2007-05-29 01:19:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
As much as I love Yahoo Answers, Yahoo cannot take credit for inventing a word that dates back to the 1800s! The meaning depends on if the Y is capitalized, or not. In the 70s, we also started using it as a cheer.
Here are all the definitions, I could find:
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Ya·hoo /ˈyɑhu, ˈyeɪ-, yɑˈhu/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[yah-hoo, yey-, yah-hoo] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -hoos.
1. (in Swift's Gulliver's Travels) one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the Houyhnhnms.
2. (lowercase) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel.
3. (lowercase) a coarse or brutish person.
[Origin: coined by Swift in Gulliver's Travels (1726)]
—Related forms
ya·hoo·ism, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
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American Heritage Dictionary
ya·hoo (yä'hōō, yā'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ya·hoos
A crude or brutish person. See Synonyms at boor.
[From Yahoo, member of a race of brutes in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.]
ya'hoo·ism n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source
yahoo
"a brute in human form," 1726, from the race of brutish human creatures in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
yahoo
noun
1. a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel]
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
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Yahoo World-Wide Web
Yet Another Hierarchical Officious/Obstreperous/Odiferous/Organized Oracle.
(Or a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of man, or an uncouth or rowdy person).
Probably the biggest hierarchical index of the World-Wide Web. Originally at Stanford University, Yahoo moved to its own site in April 1995. It allows you to move up and down the heirarchy, to search it and to suggest additions. It also features "What's New", "What's Popular", "What's Cool" and a random link.
2007-05-29 01:38:58 · answer #1 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "yahoo" was originally used in the novel "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift , referring to a race of brutes resembling men.
In today's Internet Lingo, the term "YAHOO" is being used an acronym/abbreviation , whose full form is :
"Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle".
2007-06-02 05:17:41 · answer #2 · answered by venky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. A brand of chcolate Milk
2. A Search Engine
3. A Silly Person is A Yahoo
LOL
2007-05-29 10:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo! is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle," and if u want to know the history enter this site http://docs.yahoo.com/info/misc/history....
2007-05-29 08:22:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You Are Harinder Or Other, ( YAHOO), just joking, forget me
2007-05-29 09:00:15 · answer #5 · answered by Harinder S. Johal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in Goliver's journey, it is a species of humans that is not yet evolved.
otherwise it means "hurrah" which is a word of extacy and victory
2007-05-29 08:28:21 · answer #6 · answered by yaz20100 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don know de literal meaning....howevr it seems to signify - Enthusiasm.. Energy.. Excitement.. Ecstacy....
2007-05-29 08:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by Nehu_28 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think of it as a yodel, ya know, like in the commercials
2007-05-29 08:21:25 · answer #8 · answered by Stacy R 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
eureka an exclamation of expression of i have got it/V victory
2007-06-02 06:45:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like a shout of joy...?
2007-05-29 08:51:47 · answer #10 · answered by Angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋