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What (who) is yob - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
YOB; Yob (disambiguation); YoB
yob
¦ noun Brit. informal a rude, noisy, and aggressive youth.
Derivatives
yobbery noun
yobbish adjective
yobbishly adverb
yobbishness noun
yobby adjective
Origin
C19: back slang for boy.
yob
(yobs)
If you call a boy or a man a yob, you disapprove of him because he behaves in a noisy, rude, and perhaps violent way in public. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Violent and dangerous yobs deserve to be locked up.
= lout
N-COUNT: usu with supp [disapproval]
Yob (slang)
BRITISH SLANG FOR AN UNCOUTH INDIVIDUAL OR THUG
Yobbish; Yob rock; Yob culture; Yob Culture; Yobbo
Yob is slang in the United Kingdom for a loutish, uncultured person. In Australia, the word yobbo is more frequently used, with a similar although slightly less negative meaning.
Examples of use of yob
1. If I become the victim of some yob I will not want to be confronted with the same yob mouthing a pathetic apology.
2. This drive towards state intervention goes beyond the yob problem.
3. For O‘Leary doesn‘t play emerald super–yob by accident.
4. Local councillor Elise Benjamin said: We keep hearing about the damage caused by yob culture and yet he is a yob culture advocate.
5. Curfew÷ ‘Anti–yob‘ zones ruled illegal in the High Court.