The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
yahoo
SYLLABICATION: ya·hoo
PRONUNCIATION: yä'h, yā'-
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. ya·hoos
A crude or brutish person. See synonyms at boor.
ETYMOLOGY: From Yahoo, member of a race of brutes in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
OTHER FORMS: yahoo·ism —NOUN
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Stargzer
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YAHOO
Aw, shucks, might as well add this one for completeness, coutesy of BD.
Regards//Larry
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"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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Here's the treatment a la Dr.: http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1145
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