yahoo
The origin and history of yahoo.
Etymology
Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels (1726) as the name for a race of crude, brutish humanoids.
Class of 1726
yahoo first entered the language around 1726.
See the full Class of 1726 →The origin and history of yahoo.
Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels (1726) as the name for a race of crude, brutish humanoids.
yahoo first entered the language around 1726.
See the full Class of 1726 →by FreeDict.com
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