The word yo-yo is a Tagalog word, the native language of the Philippines, and means ‘come back.’ In the Philippines, the yo-yo was a weapon for over 400 hundred years. Their version was large with sharp edges and studs and attached to thick twenty-foot ropes for flinging at enemies or prey.
Not exactly today’s yo yo, but the same premise is there.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Actually, no it wasn’t. That’s a common misconception.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Here is some proof:
The word yo-yo is a Tagalog word, the native language of the Philippines, and means ‘come back.’ In the Philippines, the yo-yo was a weapon for over 400 hundred years. Their version was large with sharp edges and studs and attached to thick twenty-foot ropes for flinging at enemies or prey.
Not exactly today’s yo yo, but the same premise is there.
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:10 pm
i heard a guy was killed with a modern yoyo once the boy served twenty years to life for that doozey