4  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Yahoo 
 
    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. 
 
  {Home  (http://www.yahoo.com/)} 
 
  (1995-04-05) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  YAHOO 
  Yet  Another  Hierarchically  Officious  Oracle  (WWW) 
 
 

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