yahooism

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English

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Etymology

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From yahoo +‎ -ism.

Noun

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yahooism (usually uncountable, plural yahooisms)

  1. The behaviour or attitudes of yahoos; ignorant boorishness.
    • 2007 April 29, James Traub, “Who Put the ‘Cold’ in Cold War?”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The yahooism he had always despised was suddenly yoked to an ideology he viewed as reckless.
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