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"PULL A YAHOO!" = To create a lot of hype around something--really build it up (like Yahoo! Photos and Yahoo! 360), get large amounts of people interested, even "hooked", then close up shop, runaway, then hide behind legal rhetoric all the while still building themselves up to be hip, new, wonderful, fresh...
Sentence: "Gregory put tons of photos on Yahoo! Photos and a lot of time and energy into "Yahoo! 360. Yahoo shut both down. After moving to other sites, I fear that my new web services might "Pull a Yahoo!" and do the same thing as Yahoo!"
"I sure hope Multiply.com don't pull a Yahoo!"
To create a lot of hype around something, get large amounts of people "hooked", then close up shop, runaway, then hide behind legal rhetoric all the while still building themselves up to be hip, new, wonderful, & fresh...
"Gregory put tons of photos on Yahoo! Photos and a lot of time and energy into "Yahoo! 360. Yahoo shut both down. After moving to other sites, I fear that my new web services might "Pull a Yahoo!" and do the same thing as Yahoo!"
Sentence: "I sure hope Multiply.com don't pull a Yahoo!"
Nigerian term for internet or credit card scams.
" Bro how far, you don cash out from that yahoo you been dey run?"
Somebody that does or thinks about or begins to do something that is seen as too big for them.
Guy one: JJ is such a bozo for thinking that he can take on the entire challenge has he ever even been on the course.
Guy two: That may seem so but he does have the skills he is just trying something that cant be done.
Guy one: Hes always been a yahoo.
JJ: Stfu you guys are lame as fuck
A person in leadership who has no freaking clue
They tried to replace Jean in administration with some yahoo. I don't agree with that decision.
A burst of excitement or joy.
She was so happy, she yelled out “Yahoo!”