Yahoo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Proper noun 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology 1

Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels.

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Singular Yahoo

Plural Yahoos

Yahoo (plural Yahoos)

Wikipedia

1. (literature) One of a race of brutes, who look and act like man, that inhabit the same land as the Houyhnhnms.

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Yahoo!

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Yahoo (plural Yahoos)

1. (informal) An employee of the Internet company Yahoo!.