Yahoo vs. Yokel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Yahoo and Yokel
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Yahoo
An unrefined and often loud or disruptive person.
Yokel
Yokel is one of several derogatory terms referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. The term is of uncertain etymology and is only attributed from the early 19th century.Yokels are depicted as straightforward, simple, naïve, and easily deceived, failing to see through false pretenses.
Yahoo
(pejorative) A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person
Yokel
A rustic; a bumpkin.
Yahoo
(cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
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Yokel
(pejorative) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated and/or naive.
They love the scenery near their summer home, but have no desire to mix with the local yokels.
Yahoo
An exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
Yokel
A country bumpkin.
Yahoo
A battle cry.
Yokel
Not very intelligent or interested in culture
Yahoo
To give a cry of "yahoo".
Yahoo
To search using the Yahoo! search engine.
Yahoo
One of a race of filthy brutes in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Yahoo
Hence, any brutish or vicious character.
Yahoo
A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn.
Yahoo
Not very intelligent or interested in culture
Yahoo
One of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift
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