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yahooism

yahooism noun: the behaviour or attitudes of yahoos; ignorant boorishness.

Noun

yahooism (usually uncountable, plural yahooisms)

  1. (usually) The behaviour or attitudes of yahoos; ignorant boorishness.
    • The yahooism he had always despised was suddenly yoked to an ideology he viewed as reckless.2007 April 29, James Traub, “Who Put the ‘Cold’ in Cold War?”, in New York Times

Forms of yahooism

pluralyahooisms

Origin of yahooism

From yahoo + -ism.

Questions about yahooism

What does yahooism mean?
Yahooism means the behaviour or attitudes of yahoos; ignorant boorishness.
What part of speech is yahooism?
Yahooism is a noun.
What is the plural of yahooism?
The plural of yahooism is yahooisms.

Words near yahooism in the dictionary

  1. yahooed
  2. Yahooer
  3. Yahooers
  4. yahooing
  5. yahooish
  6. yahooism
  7. yahooisms
  8. yahoos
  9. Yahooskin
  10. Yahooskins
  11. Yahor

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