yobbo

plural yobbos · plural yobboes · alternative yabbo

1. CommonwealthIrelandUKderogatoryslangA yob.

   A wanker fights inequality / And for people’s rights / A wanker fights class prejudice / A yobbo just fights

   1997, “Whatareya?”, performed by TISM

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   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

   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)

   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

   Synonyms: yob