yobbery

yobbery

English

Etymology

yob +‎ -ery

Noun

yobbery (plural yobberies)

1. (uncountable) Yobbish behaviour.
   • 1997, Timothy Bewes, Cynicism and Postmodernity‎

     Yobbery, in this instance, is one signifier of a certain social problem or set of problems...

   • 2001, Ben Carrington, Ian McDonald, Race, Sport, and British Society‎

     The next day's papers criticized the yobbery but there was very little about racism.

2. (countable) An instance of yobbish behaviour.
   • 1995, John Patten, Things to Come: The Tories in the 21st Century

     ...minor incivilities and yobberies...