[yah-hoo, yey-, yah-hoo] 
| 1. | (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. |
| ya·hoo (yä'hōō, yā'-) n. pl. ya·hoos A crude or brutish person. See Synonyms at boor. [From Yahoo, member of a race of brutes in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.] ya'hoo·ism n. |
The crude, dirty “brutes” of the land of the Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. The Yahoos are irrational people and represent the worst side of humanity. By contrast, the wise and gentle Houyhnhnms, their masters, are rational horses and represent humanity at its best.
Note: A “yahoo” is an uncouth or uncivilized person.
yahoo
[ˈjɑhu]
|
