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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Chiefly British Slang A rowdy, aggressive, or violent young man.

Wiktionary

  1. n. pejorative, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang A person who engages in antisocial behavior/behaviour and/or drunkenness.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a cruel and brutal fellow

Etymologies

  1. Backslang for boy. (Wiktionary)
  2. Alteration of boy (spelled backward). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “In Arabic "koss ummak", in Russian "yob tvoyu mat'", in Italian "figlio di puttana" which insults your mother indirectly, as does the very common Anglo-American "son of a bitch" are all extremely common.”

    languagehat.com: CHINESE SWEARING.

  • “The disorder of the so-called yob-culture is the direct result of deliberate social engineering and meddling by the "Socialist/Liberal" ex-hippies and Marxist lecturers and their gaggle of "human rights" lawyers that squat in the Halls of Power.”

    The Case for Civil War in Britain...

  • “No matter how easy it may be to point to the yobs or point to the so-called yob dogs, it is NOT these dogs who are killing people.”

    Dog Magazine dot net - Home of K9 Magazine

  • “Back in March Chris lost his job and just started his new job (or "yob" as the Latinos say) yesterday.”

    You Win Some, You Lose Some

  • “As I said in my blog at ToryBoy.org I am not fluent in "yob" thus most of the shouting made little sense to me!”

    Labour Bully Boy Tactics in Sedgefield

  • “Tony Blair will chair the first meeting of the cabinet committee on antisocial behaviour to end a turf war between ministers who are battling for control of the "yob" agenda.”

    Archive 2005-05-01

  • “Senior officers have described the new initiative as an "Al Capone" approach to so-called yob behaviour".”

    Archive 2006-10-01

  • “= $_POST [ 'yob']; $cur_year = 2010; $firstname = $_POST [ 'firstname']”

    CodingForums.com

  • “Mail Online UK Have-a-go father who stabbed teenage 'yob' five times will not face court”

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition

  • “Think about it, if you confiscate my dog today because I'm a 'yob' with a 'yob-dog' then I'll have another dog in my hands by this evening - and what happens to my original dog?”

    Dog Magazine dot net - Home of K9 Magazine

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  • RattleX yob is "boy" spelled backwards Jul 14, 2009

  • oroboros Boy in reverse. Nov 2, 2007

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‘yob’ has been looked up 3674 times, added to 24 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 8.