yahoo
noun
[ ˈjɑːhuː ]
• a rude, noisy, or violent person.
Similar:
barbarian,
philistine,
vulgarian,
savage,
brute,
beast,
boor,
oaf,
ruffian,
thug,
lout,
hoodlum,
hooligan,
vandal,
rowdy,
bully boy,
brawler,
clod,
clodhopper,
tough,
toughie,
roughneck,
bruiser,
hard man,
yobbo,
yob,
bovver boy,
lager lout,
chav,
oik,
ape,
gorilla,
bear,
lump,
radge,
lummox,
hoon,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from the name of an imaginary race of brutish creatures in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).
yahoo
exclamation
• expressing great joy or excitement.
• "yahoo—my plan worked!"
Origin:
natural exclamation: first recorded in English in the 1970s.
