Hypertext Webster Gateway: "yahoo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yahoo \Ya"hoo\, n.
1. One of a race of filthy brutes in Swift's ``Gulliver's
Travels.'' See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in
Fiction.
2. Hence, any brutish or vicious character.
3. A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn. [U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
yahoo
n 1: not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: {yokel},
{rube}, {hick}, {hayseed}, {bumpkin}, {chawbacon}]
2: one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the
Houyhnhnms in Swift's Gulliver's Travels [syn: {Yahoo}]
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