yobbo
English
Alternative forms
- yabbo
Etymology
From yob + -o.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɒbəʊ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒbəʊ
Noun
yobbo (plural yobbos or yobboes)
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang) A yob.
- 1966 September 24, Brian Hayles, “The Smugglers, episode 3”, in Doctor Who, season 4, episode 3, BBC, spoken by Ben Jackson (Michael Craze), 14:11 from the start:
- Yeah, but you heard what Blake said. We wouldn't stand a chance against Pike's mob. They're a right bunch of yobbos.
- 1986, Emily Roberts, A Shiver of Fear, page 5:
- He stared at them with eyes dull with fatigue, and let out a long sigh. “Trouble, trouble” he replied wearily. “Skinheads and yobboes fighting the coloureds".
- 1992, Brian Pronger, The Arena of Masculinity: Sports, Homosexuality, and the Meaning of Sex, page 191:
- We're not catering to the yobbos. We'd rather have a smaller crowd of nice people that are really into the game than a whole mass of uncouth people
- 1997, “Whatareya?”, performed by TISM:
- A wanker fights inequality / And for people’s rights / A wanker fights class prejudice / A yobbo just fights
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Synonyms
- See yob
Translations
yob — see yob
Anagrams
- booby