yahoo (was: 'Top Words from 2007'...)

[James Smith]

I frequently use "yahoo" to describe stupid, or at
least clueless, people.

> > I've never heard anyone called a "yahoo".  It's
> rare.  It's mostly a happy interjection!  Why would
> a website call themselves "yahoo" if the meaning
> usually stood for "crass boorish or stupid?.



James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.


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