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by Barcaluv on March 6th, 2008
Nope.
"The word Yahoo was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book Gulliver's Travels. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and barely human. Yahoo! founders David Filo and Jerry Yang jokingly considered themselves yahoos. It's also an interjection sometimes associated with United States Southerners' and Westerners' expression of joy, as alluded to in Yahoo.com commercials that end with someone singing the word "yahoo". It is also sometime jokingly referred to by its backronym, Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies
by Jane on March 6th, 2008
You Aren't Hector or Octavio
by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on March 6th, 2008
you bet...shit!!!
by VK_Reju on April 22nd, 2009
Yahoo stands for "Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle"
by royal77 says hello friend on March 6th, 2008
No, it's just an expression like excitement.
by Cognition aka Cog on March 12th, 2008
I still haven't gotten the right answer, anybody else want to take a shot?
Who invented Yahoo!?
by Answerbag Staff on April 16th, 2010
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Does Yahoo! have an 800 number?
by Answerbag Staff on March 21st, 2010
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i deleted ma yahoo account about 2 months ago,how i recover?
by nimiii on May 24th, 2011
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Why are the people on Yahoo answers so incredibly stupid?
by msminnamouse on September 5th, 2010
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who is the founder of yahoo?
by Muhammed_S on January 4th, 2011
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Comments
Wow... seems like you knew this rather quickly, has it been a topic of conversation before? I found a website about the history of Yahoo and it differs from your answer, I will read your link too and try to enlighten myself.
thank you
by Cognition aka Cog on March 6th, 2008
Yes, I think I read about it before. If you find something different please let me know. I'll be more than happy to correct this.
by Barcaluv on March 6th, 2008
WOW, thanks man. good to know
by Jane on March 6th, 2008
Ok, I sure will.
by Cognition aka Cog on March 6th, 2008