As nouns the difference between yahoo and yazoo
is that
yahoo is (literature) one of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, that inhabit the same land as the civilized houyhnhnms or
yahoo can be (informal) an employee of the internet company while
yazoo is (us) a tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee).
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
yahoo English
Noun
( en noun)
A rough, coarse, or uncouth person; yokel; lout.
A loud boisterous person.
(pejorative) A white person from the former Confederate States of America (i.e., Southern United States).
(cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
- 1835: The natives are greatly terrrified by the sight of a person in a mask calling him "devil" or Yah-hoo, which signifies evil spirit.'' — James Holman, ''Travels , 1835 (quoted by Malcolm Smith, above)
- 1985: Yahoos in the Bahamas'' — title of paper by Michael Raynal, ''Cryptozoology , volume 4, 1985
Synonyms
* yokel, lout
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yazoo English
(yazoo stream)
Noun
( en noun)
(US) A tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee). |
