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Yobbo or yob is a slang term for an uncouth or thuggish blue collar person. The word derives from a backslang reading of the word "boy" (boy or boyo reversed becomes yob or — slightly modified — yobbo). Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ...
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In Britain, as the word 'yob' came out of the London back-slang and into more general English usage, it and latterly, 'yobbo' have meant 'working class, adolescent, male person'. Within his own culture, he was not necessarily seen as uncouth, though a person writing about him rather than speaking of him was likely to be of another social class and prone to seeing him as loutish. The term working class is used to denote a social class. ...
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Dr. Onions of the Oxford English Dictionary seems not to have noticed the word before he published the XYZ section of the dictionary in 1921 but the later supplement notes the use of 'yob' as meaning 'boy' in the working-class youth context, from 1859. This implies that the word had by that stage, come out from the back-slang argot into ordinary English usage. In the dictionary supplement's references, it is possible to detect a slow drift in the word's meaning, towards the 'ruffian' interpretation, the new emphasis becoming clear from about 1927. The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most successful dictionary of the English language, (not to be confused with the one-volume Oxford Dictionary of English, formerly New Oxford Dictionary of English, of...
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Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
'Yobbo' appears from 1922 when its meaning does not clearly emphasize the ruffian. Its meaning drifts clearly towards the 'ruffian' interpretation by 1956, though a reference of 1938 calls a yobbo a 'street rough'. Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Oceania The word 'yob' is likely to have reached Australia as part of back-slang, in the early nineteenth century, before it entered openly into English. Between the Napoleonic Wars and the 1850s there was much emigration from the poorer parts of London to the new settlements, whether as transportation or as semi-voluntary economic migration. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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This term often means "Young Out-of-control Bastard" in various areas throughout Britain.
Today, within Australia, and to a lesser extent New Zealand, the term is used by a subsection of the community to describe themselves [citation needed]. The characteristics of these yobbos are heavy drinking, possibly to the point of alcoholism, low intelligence, fashionably ignorant (usually wearing thongs/sandals and cheap t-shirts and shorts) and usually a fan of Rugby League, Australian football, Cricket or V8 Supercars [citation needed]. It is through conduct at these sporting activities that the term has gained connotations of hooliganism [citation needed]. A lion drinking Cygnus olor (mute swan) drinking Drinking is the act of consuming a liquid through the mouth. ...
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The term is considered to be an insult by most, but some consider being a yobbo as part of an "authentic" Australian lifestyle [citation needed].
In March 2005, several bar owners announced they will no longer be serving Bundaberg Rum as they believed its drinkers were yobbos who abused bar staff and other patrons. Bundaberg fought back to fend off a reputation of being a drink for yobbos. ↠- 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in March • 31 – Terri Schiavo • 30 – Mitch Hedberg • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 27 – Wilfred Bigelow • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F...
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Bundaberg Rum is a dark rum produced in Bundaberg, Australia, often referred to as Bundy. Bundaberg Rum was first produced 1888 after some local sugar millers proposed using the excess molasses produced in their mills to make rum. ...
See also Bogan (pronounced , rhyming with slogan) is Australian and New Zealand English slang, usually pejorative, for a person who is, or is perceived to be uncouth, unsophisticated or of a lower-class background. ...
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References - Burchfield, R.W. ed. The Oxford English Dictionary. (1987) ISBN 0-19-861211-7
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