yahoo

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Second, Alaskans can’t afford to send any old yahoo to Congress for trolling purposes; the state is heavily dependent on federal money and needs someone deft at bringing home the bacon.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2022

Whether he couldn’t get in or simply found the best sightlines for scoping Petty’s pedal board, some yahoo outside the glass window behind them was rocking out on Pike Street.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2021

Her father, meanwhile, “was this, as he put it, yahoo from Missouri,” Ms. Sifton told the San Diego Reader.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2019

Although she dismisses him initially as a married yahoo, something extraordinary develops between them.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2019

“Some yahoo pulled up to the wrong gate. There’s not supposed to be anyone at that gate until the Cleveland flight at nine thirty.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix