Meanings
- datedhumorouscomputingThe company that would result from the acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft (the potential result of a merger proposed in the mid-2000s).
Facing the Possibility of Microhoo!
2008, Newsweek, volume 1514 more examples
If it manages to win over Yahoo, the combined entity (already dubbed Microhoo on the Net) would be another behemoth, not only controlling e-mail and instant messenger (over 90 per cent share), but also standing significantly taller in the fight against Google.
2008 February 18, Sunit Arora, Arindam Mukherjee, “Knock Knock... MS Hoo”, in Outlook, volume 48, number 7, page 53Yahoo's systems are based heavily on Open Source. If Microsoft keeps them that way, it will lose credibility with customers.
2008, Lawrence D'Oliveiro, “Microhoo prognostications”, in nz.comp (Usenet)MS is desperate to find something new that others might play catchup to, with little success. Their approach has almost always been claim jumping ("A market without competition, isn't."). That is hardly working for them anymore (witness Zune, Microhoo).
2008, Matt, “[News] Ogg is Coming to Hundreds of Millions of PCs!!”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet)You made a really, really bad move getting in bed with microhoo, and it will cost you in the end.
2011, unknown author, “Went back to 3.5”, in mozilla.feedback.firefox (Usenet)
Origin
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Microhoo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Microhoo
“Microhoo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Microhoo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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