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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Amianthus on March 05, 2007, 02:54:25 PM

Title: UP: A tale of Yahoos.
Post by: Amianthus on March 05, 2007, 02:54:25 PM

I found the original source for the use of the word "Yahoo":

ya·hoo n., pl. -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.]

Title: Re: UP: A tale of Yahoos.
Post by: Universe Prince on March 05, 2007, 05:44:15 PM

Yeah, I looked that up too. I don't know why I didn't think of it before. 'Yahoo' coming from Gulliver's Travels I mean.