Yahoo (Gulliver's Travels) Yahoo (Gulliver's Travels) Yahoos are legendary beings in the 1726 satirical novel "Gulliver's Travels" written by Jonathan Swift. Their behavior and character representation is meant to comment on the state of Europe from Swift's point of view. The word "yahoo" was coined by Jonathan Swift in the fourth section of "Gulliver's Travels" and has since entered the English language more broadly. Its most famous use is as the name of a pioneering search engine, Yahoo!. Swift describes Yahoos as filthy with unpleasant habits, "a brute in human form," resembling human beings far too closely for the liking of protagonist Lemuel
Woman Is the Nigger of the World Woman Is the Nigger of the World "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" is a song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono from their 1972 album "Some Time in New York City". Released as a single in the United States, the song sparked controversy at the time due to its title and subject matter. The phrase "woman is the nigger of the world" was coined by Yoko Ono in an interview with "Nova" magazine in 1969 and was quoted on the magazine's cover. Literary analysts note that the phrase owes much to Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes