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yobbo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈjɒbəʊ/
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English yob Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English yobbo From yob + -o.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) A yob.
   • 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". 1986, Emily Roberts, A Shiver of Fear, page 5:
   • Humphrey Appleby: Oh, Bernard, we can't have foreign policy made by yobbos like Fleet Street editors or backbench MPs! / Richard Wharton: Or cabinet ministers. / Humphrey Appleby: Or cabinet ministers. (laugh track) 1986 January 23, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Smoke Screen”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Richard Wharton and Humphrey Appleby (Donald Pickering and Nigel Hawthorne):
   • A wanker fights inequality / And for people’s rights / A wanker fights class prejudice / A yobbo just fights 1997, “Whatareya?”, performed by TISM:
   • Yeah, but you heard what Blake said. We wouldn't stand a chance against Pike's mob. They're a right bunch of yobbos. 1966 September 24, Brian Hayles, “The Smugglers, episode 3” (14:11 from the start), in Doctor Who, season 4, episode 3, spoken by Ben Jackson (Michael Craze), via BBC:
   • 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 1992, Brian Pronger, The Arena of Masculinity: Sports, Homosexuality, and the Meaning of Sex, page 191:

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yob