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ya·hoo

UK/ˈjɑːhuː/ US/ˈjɑˌhu/ uncommon informal

noun

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2.

one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Origin

Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels. According to the Century Dictionary, "[a] made name, prob[ably] meant to suggest disgust".

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