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The word "yahoo" was coined by Jonathan Swift in the fourth section of Gulliver's Travels [2] and has since entered the English language more broadly. Swift describes Yahoos as filthy with unpleasant habits, "a brute in human form," [ 2 ] resembling human beings far too closely for the liking of protagonist Lemuel Gulliver .
Houyhnhnms are a fictional race of intelligent horses described in the last part of Jonathan Swift's satirical 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels. The name is pronounced either / ˈ h uː ɪ n əm / or / ˈ hw ɪ n əm /. [1] Swift apparently intended all words of the Houyhnhnm language to echo the neighing of horses.
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish [1] writer who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, [2] hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". His deadpan , ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal , has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".
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Yahoo (Gulliver's Travels), creatures found in the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift; Yahoo, the name of the fictitious country which is the setting for Bertolt Brecht's 1936 play Round Heads and Pointed Heads; Yahoo (band), a Brazilian rock band; Yahoo! (song), a song from the 1988 album The Innocents by Erasure
Knight-Swift (KNX) has seen solid earnings estimate revision activity over the past month, and belongs to a strong industry as well.