Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yob.
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- noun UK, Australia, New Zealand, pejorative, slang A
yob .
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- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
Etymologies
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Examples
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He called for the female time traveller to be accompanied by a trumpet playing schoolgirl in "John Lennon-type spectacles" and her graffiti-spraying "yobbo" elder brother.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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As a Kiwi who has also lived for many years in the UK, I think quite a few of the above slang terms are shared by all 3 countries. eg I thought "yobbo" & "thongs" originated in Britain.
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Our job is to police. and if necessary WE WILL get into a fist fight with your yobbo pupils for you.
G20 police assault verdict SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Likewise if we do give a yobbo a thick ear for (say) dropping litter, swearing at an old lady, kicking a cat or any of the other minor but spiteful misdeeds with which they fill their unrewarding little lives, they are the first to call the police and (as Gadget has observed before) demand that the police “do [us] for assult or somefink”.
My Kingdom For A 4X4 With Suitable Tyres! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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There are no people more tolerant and anti - racist than us, but that does not mean we do not produce the odd yobbo.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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That gave us the social skills to think about our neighbours and their needs, to lead a happy life, which was not behaving like a yobbo.
Archive 2009-06-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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That gave us the social skills to think about our neighbours and their needs, to lead a happy life, which was not behaving like a yobbo.
The heretic from Birkenhead Burke's Corner 2009
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The whole slanderous rhetoric about Obama's 'relationship' with Ayers is just dangerous and irresponsible fuelling for some redneck gunhappy yobbo who loves his country and wants to be famous, to assassinate Obama.
Christians and Obama James F. McGrath 2008
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We used to have the yobbo (Clarkson), the spiv (quentin) and the boy racer (Needel), now we have two geriatrics and one in training.
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When I arrived at Cronulla at about midday the crowd was fairly calm, rowdy and yobbo-ish, though not violent.
The Cronulla Mob Zoe Brain 2005
bilby commented on the word yobbo
Emphatic extension of yob, used mainly in Australia.
February 3, 2009