yahoo

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>
> But surely "yahoo" has been around longer than 32 years as an
> interjection! ....

Here is an example which I believe is from 1937:

http://books.google.com/books?id=quZNEC6l_PkC&pg=PA226&dq=yahoo+date:1900-1975&lr=&num=100&as_brr=3&sig=c7dKO0s4RcjRM7o4qXdVZG2heOA#PPA226,M1

<<'Yahoo, Mr. Treadgold, I've done it!'>>

Here is one from 1907:

http://books.google.com/books?id=IRkfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA123&dq=yahoo+date:1900-1975&lr=&num=100&as_brr=3#PPA123,M1

<<he swung the lantern to us and yelled "Yahoo!">>

-- Doug Wilson

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