Yow!

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yow \Yow\, pron.
     You. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:



  Yow! /yow/ interj. [from "Zippy the Pinhead" comix] A favored hacker
     expression of humorous surprise or emphasis. "Yow! Check out what
     happens when you twiddle the foo option on this display hack!" Compare
     {gurfle}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Yow!
       
           /yow/ (From "Zippy the Pinhead" comics) A
          favoured hacker expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.
          "Yow!  Check out what happens when you twiddle the foo option
          on this display hack!"
       
          Compare {gurfle}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-03-07)