Posted on Nov 27, 2018
Forrest Gump (5/9) Movie CLIP - First Mate (1994) HD
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Forrest Gump as a Netting Yahoo !
Word of the Day : November 27, 2018
yahoo
noun YAH-hoo
Definition :
1 capitalized Yahoo : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans.
2 : a boorish, crass, or stupid person.
Did You Know ?
We know exactly how old yahoo is because its debut in print also marked its entrance into the English language as a whole. Yahoo began life as a made-up word invented by Jonathan Swift in his book Gulliver's Travels, which was published in 1726. On his fourth and final voyage of the book, Lemuel Gulliver is marooned on an island that is the home of the Houyhnhnms, a species of intelligent, civilized horses who share their land with and rule over the Yahoos, a species of brutes with the form and vices of humans. These Yahoos represented Swift's view of humankind at its lowest. It is not surprising, then, that yahoo came to be applied to any actual human who was particularly unpleasant or unintelligent.
Examples :
The reputation the teenagers had for being a bunch of self-involved yahoos was belied by their courteous treatment of the stranded motorists.
"In a place like America, we seem to revel in these geographic judgments. And so Northerners stereotype Southerners as Confederate flag-waving, pickup driving, moonshine-drinking yahoos and Southerners depict Northerners as snooty, elitist, big city, latte-drinking, Volvo-driving liberals." — John F. Hudson, The Cambridge (Massachusetts) Chronicle, 31 May 2018.
Word of the Day : November 27, 2018
yahoo
noun YAH-hoo
Definition :
1 capitalized Yahoo : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans.
2 : a boorish, crass, or stupid person.
Did You Know ?
We know exactly how old yahoo is because its debut in print also marked its entrance into the English language as a whole. Yahoo began life as a made-up word invented by Jonathan Swift in his book Gulliver's Travels, which was published in 1726. On his fourth and final voyage of the book, Lemuel Gulliver is marooned on an island that is the home of the Houyhnhnms, a species of intelligent, civilized horses who share their land with and rule over the Yahoos, a species of brutes with the form and vices of humans. These Yahoos represented Swift's view of humankind at its lowest. It is not surprising, then, that yahoo came to be applied to any actual human who was particularly unpleasant or unintelligent.
Examples :
The reputation the teenagers had for being a bunch of self-involved yahoos was belied by their courteous treatment of the stranded motorists.
"In a place like America, we seem to revel in these geographic judgments. And so Northerners stereotype Southerners as Confederate flag-waving, pickup driving, moonshine-drinking yahoos and Southerners depict Northerners as snooty, elitist, big city, latte-drinking, Volvo-driving liberals." — John F. Hudson, The Cambridge (Massachusetts) Chronicle, 31 May 2018.
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Celebration - Kool & The Gang (Lyrics) HQ
Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!
Thank you my friend SGT John " Mac " McConnell for using the movie clip form Forrest Gump to help illustrate the word 'yahoo.' It is always wonderful for me to see Gary Sinise acting.
Certainly Gulliver Swift coined the useful appellation Yahoo in his wonderful allegorical tale Gulliver's Travels. To many the term yahoo is somewhat derogatory when used as description of present company similar to yokel.
Yet yahoo is also an exclamation - some leaping out of aircraft yelled Geronimo :-)
Similarly exclaiming yahoo while leaping off a building or other tall structure into a net or swinging out on a rope-swing over a lake or river is also appropriate.
Yelping at yucky yucca or a yummy yeast-roll at a yearly yuletide feast may well result in yelling or yawning.
Here is a song with yahoo being exclaimed
Celebration: The Best Of Kool & The Gang
James “J.T.” Taylor, Robert “Kool” Bell, Claydes Smith, Robert Spike Mickens, Eumir Deodato, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas, George Brown, Ronald Bell, Earl Toon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_cS39FeKCA
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon SSG William Jones
Certainly Gulliver Swift coined the useful appellation Yahoo in his wonderful allegorical tale Gulliver's Travels. To many the term yahoo is somewhat derogatory when used as description of present company similar to yokel.
Yet yahoo is also an exclamation - some leaping out of aircraft yelled Geronimo :-)
Similarly exclaiming yahoo while leaping off a building or other tall structure into a net or swinging out on a rope-swing over a lake or river is also appropriate.
Yelping at yucky yucca or a yummy yeast-roll at a yearly yuletide feast may well result in yelling or yawning.
Here is a song with yahoo being exclaimed
Celebration: The Best Of Kool & The Gang
James “J.T.” Taylor, Robert “Kool” Bell, Claydes Smith, Robert Spike Mickens, Eumir Deodato, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas, George Brown, Ronald Bell, Earl Toon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_cS39FeKCA
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon SSG William Jones
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
A great response indeed LTC Stephen F. love the song Very fitting my friend.
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In our language there are far more synonyms, that are commonly used, for the word yahoo.
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