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YOB
abbr.
year of birth
yob
(yŏb)n. Chiefly British Slang
A rowdy, aggressive, or violent young man.
[Alteration of boy (spelled backward).]
yob
(jɒb) oryobbo
n, pl yobs or yobbos
(Sociology) slang Brit an aggressive and surly youth, esp a teenager
[C19: perhaps back slang for boy]
yob
(yɒb)n. Brit. Slang.
a teenage lout or hooligan.
[1855–60; a consciously reversed form of boy]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() bullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction muscleman, muscle - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him" skinhead - a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations |