Yahoo
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- noun
- /ˈjæhu/
- Offensive
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- This administration, which we'll not be stuck with for four more years, believes that the Yahoos out in the hinterlands need the benevolent hand of those inside the DC beltway to guide them.
Examples
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In Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels', the Yahoos are depicted as brutish creatures that lack civility.
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But yet these are the yahoos that say that they are so concerned about children.
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Meanwhile, the establishment thinks the base is comprised of a bunch of yahoos and rubes.
Blog text (33) -
Because it is comprised of a bunch of yahoos and rubes, united only by their hatred of the other.
Blog text (33) -
Would the Houyhnhnms still be Houyhnhnms if their yahoo helots were employed to make them wheeled vehicles and upholstered furniture, or if the yahoos did as much (or more) for themselves?
Academic text (2016) -
He acted like a yahoo, showing no manners at the dinner table.
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The criticism directed at the group was that they behaved like yahoos, ignoring common decency.
Synonyms
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A loud rude person who behaves without manners
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yahoo as a noun comes from Jonathan Swift's book 'Gulliver's Travels', where the Yahoos are dirty, wild human-like creatures, so calling someone a 'yahoo' today means they behave in a crude or uncultured way.