yob
noun/jɒb/UK/jɑb/US
Etymology
Backslang for boy. The second sense was likely influenced by hobnob and/or yokel.
Definitions
A boy.
- And you bet that each gal, not to mention each yob, Didn't care how much ooftish it cost 'em per nob.
A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.
- Yes, it's holiday time again for British yobs – and the rest of us can flee to those parts of Abroad which the louts ignore, or just cringe in shame at home.
- But while doing 70mph on the A1, a hooded yob threw rock^([sic – meaning a rock]) from a grass verge onto the windscreen of the family’s Jeep, causing it to swerve.
Initialism of year of birth.
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Alternative spelling of YOB (year of birth)
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA