yahooism
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yahooism — noun see yahoo I … New Collegiate Dictionary
yahooism — noun The behaviour or attitudes of yahoos; ignorant boorishness … Wiktionary
yahooism — ya·hoo·ism … English syllables
yahooism — üˌizəm noun ( s) Usage: often capitalized : behavior characteristic of a yahoo : rowdyism … Useful english dictionary
Yahoo — yahooism, n. /yah hooh, yay , yah hooh /, n., pl. Yahoos. 1. (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. 2. (l.c.) an uncultivated or boorish person;… … Universalium
yahoo — I. noun (plural yahoos) Date: 1726 1. capitalized a member of a race of brutes in Swift s Gulliver s Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans 2. [influenced by yahoo (II)] a boorish, crass, or stupid person • yahooism noun II … New Collegiate Dictionary
Philistinism — n middlebrowism, Inf. lowbrowism, conventionalism, conventionality, conformism, conformance, conformity; traditionalism, formalism, precisianism; obtuseness, dullness, boorishness, yahooism … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
