yahoo

/ˈjɑhu/
/ˈjɑhu/
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Other forms: yahoos

Have you ever heard people talk insultingly about uneducated, uncultured country folks? They probably referred to them as yahoos.

If someone calls you a yahoo, it's definitely an insult. Yahoos are thought to have very little education and culture. People think of yahoos as folks who were raised in a barn — maybe literally. A yahoo can also be called a bumpkin, hayseed, hick, rube, yokel, or hillbilly. You can't really be a yahoo if you're from a big city. So if you want to insult someone from New York, you'll need to find a different word.

Definitions of yahoo
  1. noun
    a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
    synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yokel
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    type of:
    rustic
    an unsophisticated country person
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/ˈjɑhu/
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