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Yoo

Yoo

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A family name used by people from Korea and some other East Asian countries
  • proper noun
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  • I thought it was smart that Professor Yoo kept referencing the book.
  • Dr. John Yoo
  • Mr. Yoo
  • Engle and Yoo

Examples

  • The CIA took it to the Bush White House and John Yoo at the Office of Legal Counsel.

  • My point is that Yoo was not in a position to make that determination.

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  • Notice, Professor Yoo would not say he is a good lawyer.

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  • I doubt the defense of Yoo would be nearly as fierce if he taught at Hastings or elsewhere.

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  • The fact that he failed to do so with John Yoo hardly tarnishes his record.

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  • Then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo said forthrightly in a speech.

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  • I also don't think it proves that Yoo was correct in his viewpoints.

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  • Military lawyers were outraged by the implications of John Yoo's memo.

  • There's a weird tendency on this blog for people to defend Yoo, almost irrationally.

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  • John Yoo, a legal scholar, has written extensively on constitutional law.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Yoo is a family name written in English letters for several East Asian surnames, especially Korean. It often comes from the Korean syllable and from old Chinese family names that can mean 'willow', and a helpful way to remember it is that Yoo sounds like the English word 'you'.