Microhoo
Microhoo proper noun: the company that would result from the acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft (the potential result of a merger proposed in the mid-2000s).
Proper noun
Microhoo
- The company that would result from the acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft (the potential result of a merger proposed in the mid-2000s).
- If it manages to win over Yahoo, the combined entity (already dubbed Microhoo on the Net) would be another behemoth, not only controlling e-mail and instant messenger (over 90 per cent share), but also standing significantly taller in the fight against Google.2008 February 18, Sunit Arora, Arindam Mukherjee, “Knock Knock... MS Hoo”, in Outlook, volume 48, number 7, page 53
- Facing the Possibility of Microhoo!2008, Newsweek, volume 151
Examples of Microhoo in a sentence
- That is hardly working for them anymore (witness Zune, Microhoo).2008, Matt, “[News] Ogg is Coming to Hundreds of Millions of PCs!!”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):
- You made a really, really bad move getting in bed with microhoo, and it will cost you in the end.2011, unknown author, “Went back to 3.5”, in mozilla.feedback.firefox (Usenet):
Origin of Microhoo
Blend of Microsoft + Yahoo!
Questions about Microhoo
- What does Microhoo mean?
- Microhoo means the company that would result from the acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft (the potential result of a merger proposed in the mid-2000s).
- How do you use Microhoo in a sentence?
- That is hardly working for them anymore (witness Zune, Microhoo).
- What part of speech is Microhoo?
- Microhoo is a proper noun.
Words near Microhoo in the dictionary
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