Yahooish
/ˈjæ.huː.ɪʃ/noun
Resembling a yahoo; uncouth, boorish, or wildly foolish.
Did you know?The insult comes from Jonathan Swift’s *Gulliver’s Travels* (1726), where the Yahoos are savage, filthy humanoid creatures—so the word was born in satire, not Silicon Valley.
Etymological Timeline
1726
English
Yahoo
“A brutish, uncivilized human creature in Swift’s satire.”
Late 18th Century
English
yahoo
“An uncouth, boorish person; a lout.”
19th Century
English
yahooish
“Having the qualities of a yahoo; rude, coarse, or boorish.”
Modern English
English
yahooish
“Resembling a yahoo; crude, uncultured, or foolish.”