Yahoos

Uncouth, uncivilized people

Yahoos, from Jonathan Swift's *Gulliver's Travels*, were brutish, filthy humanoid creatures representing humanity at its worst.

The term now refers dismissively to people considered crude, rowdy, or unsophisticated—the kind who might cause trouble at a bar or shout obnoxiously at a sporting event.

A bunch of yahoos were setting off fireworks in the parking lot.

The word carries clear contempt, suggesting boorishness and lack of refinement. (Capitalized Yahoo is also the internet company.)

Swiftian

Gulliver

satireMockery exposing vice
SwiftMoving with great speed
bestialResembling a savage creature

brutish · uncivilized · savage · primitive · feral · animalistic · humanoid · degraded · irrational · filthy

boors

ruffians

Brutal, lawless people

loutsCrude, uncouth people
hooligansViolent young troublemakers
brutesCruel, violent people

philistines · oafs · rowdies · yobs · cretins · buffoons · barbarians · lowlifes · thugs · rednecks

exclamation

yippee

Exclamation of glee

hoorayExclamation of delight
wahooFast tropical game fish
woohooExuberant exclamation

excitement · celebration · exuberance · thrill · enthusiasm · joy · cheer · elation

Yahoos

Gulliver

ruffians

yippee

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