[Ads-l] antedating "yahoo!"

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED (incredibly): 1976 "in some cases, supposedly characteristic of cowboys"

1838 _Boston Courier_ (Jan. 16) 2 [GenealogyBank]: STAMFORD [Eng.]
BULL-RUNNING ... Shouts of "Bull! bull!" "Yahoo! yahoo!"

1856 _Weekly Day Book_  (NYC) (Aug. 8) 4 [GenealogyBank]: Ya-hoo,
hi!...Three  - cheers - for - Millard -Fillmore!...Rip, Sam! Set 'em up
again!...Yahoo!

JL
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