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yoof en · NOUN

Etymology

Respelling of youth to correspond with a nonstandard pronunciation; th-fronting, in particular.

Meanings

1. (UK, attributive, countable, slang, sometimes, uncountable) youth (young person, young people or the state of being young)
   • As for the yoof question, yes, there was an attempt to inject a certain spring into Mr Punch's aged step. 1992, Punch:
   • And London clubzine Chortler's Inc has featured a cartoon strip with a bumbling yoof TV presenter, again called Nobski. 1992, The Face:
   • Slash'n'sideburn pop is what you get when Manc yoof grows up angry and facially bristling. 1992, New Musical Express:
   • Free Speech was one of those slightly cringey ‘let’s make politics relevant to da yoof’ programmes […] 2025 January 15, James Delingpole, “The day I was heckled for speaking about the rape gangs”, in The Spectator:

Forms

Deriveds

yoofspeak

Relateds

yout