(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
yahooism, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Yahoo
yahoo
/jəˈhuː/
noun (pl) -hoos
1.
a crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person
Derived Forms
yahooism, noun
Word Origin
C18: from the name of a race of brutish creatures resembling men in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)
Word Origin and History for Yahoo
yahoo
n.
"a brute in human form," 1726, from the race of brutish human creatures in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." The internet search engine so called from 1994.
Slang definitions & phrases for Yahoo
yahoo
noun
An oaf; an uncultivated or boorish person; jerk: look, you yahoo, take a seat
Yahoo in Technology
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. (https://yahoo.com/). (1995-04-05)