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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]: YahooYet 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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