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yoof

noun

youth (young person, young people or the state of being young)

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Meanings

nounyoof (countable and uncountable, plural yoofs)

plural yoofs

UKattributivecountableslangsometimesuncountableyouth (young person, young people or the state of being young)
Slash'n'sideburn pop is what you get when Manc yoof grows up angry and facially bristling.
1992, New Musical Express
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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
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

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yoof

proof roof spoof woof goof aloof oof reproof tartuffe doof pouf bouffe moof loof behoof floof ouphe overproof shadoof smoke proof

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APA

yoof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoof

MLA

“yoof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoof. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yoof,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoof.

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