Yahoos
(in swift’s gulliver’s travels) one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the houyhnhnms.
(lowercase) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel.
(lowercase) a co-rs- or brutish person.
contemporary examples
the exceedingly normal debate stanley crouch october 7, 2008
fewer(yahoos and clowns) = more wins justin green november 7, 2012
paterno, penn state, and civic morality michael tomasky july 1, 2012
paul begala: gingrich dominates foreign policy debate paul begala november 22, 2011
historical examples
the haunts of old c-ckaigne alex thompson
faro nell and her friends alfred henry lewis
the rules of the game stewart edward white
unicorns james huneker
diderot and the encyclopaedists (vol 1 of 2) john morley
ku klux klan j. c. lester
noun (pl) -hoos
a crude, brutish, or obscenely co-rs- person
n.
yahoos [(yah-hoohz)]
note: a “yahoo” is an uncouth or uncivilized person.
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