YA Hoo

There is no correct spelling. The first part is pronounced with a long A sound, like the word day. The second part is pronounced like the word who. This should not be confused with the universal expression "yeah hoo", an exclamation of happiness or excitement.

YA Hoo is a derogatory term used in southern speech to identify a dumb assed person. Here is a good example of a man that could safely be called a YA Hoo.

A Kansas man found out that giving a police officer a “wet willie” after his arrest for public intoxication was not such a good idea. 38-year-old Louis Perales picked up an additional charge of assault and battery on an officer after he put his finger in his mouth and then stuck it in the officer’s ear.

Not dissimilar, found that the word ya'hoo was used in Jonathan Swift's book "Gulliver's Travels" to describe a very ill-mannered person. The Yahoos have human forms and vicious tendencies. In this story the Yahoos are subject to the Houyhnhnms, horses that possess human reason.