The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Yow \Yow\, pron.
You. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
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!?.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
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)