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Yahoos
The crude, dirty “brutes” of the land of the Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. The Yahoos are irrational people and represent the worst side of humanity. By contrast, the wise and gentle Houyhnhnms, their masters, are rational horses and represent humanity at its best.
Example Sentences
That goes over well among the American Taliban and their uncouth cousins, the American Yahoos.
Say what you will about Victorian England’s prime ministers and business leaders, at least they weren’t Yahoos.
Because the toddler was ultimately not separated from her mother, Ms. Parker wrote, “You could practically hear the ‘Yahoos!’ from the Oval Office to the Fox News headquarters.”
You could practically hear the “Yahoos!” from the Oval Office to the Fox News headquarters.
If Gulliver could travel through time, instead of sailing around the world, imagine how familiar the Yahoos of Washington would look to him now.
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