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From yob +‎ -o.

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yobbo (plural yobbos or yobboes)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A yob.
    • 1966 September 24, Brian Hayles, “The Smugglers, episode 3” (14:11 from the start), in Doctor Who, season 4, episode 3, spoken by Ben Jackson (Michael Craze), via BBC:
      Yeah, but you heard what Blake said. We wouldn't stand a chance against Pike's mob. They're a right bunch of yobbos.
    • 1986, Emily Roberts, A Shiver of Fear[1], page 5:
      He stared at them with eyes dull with fatigue, and let out a long sigh. “Trouble, trouble” he replied wearily. “Skinheads and yobboes fighting the coloureds".
    • 1992, Brian Pronger, The Arena of Masculinity: Sports, Homosexuality, and the Meaning of Sex[2], page 191:
      We're not catering to the yobbos. We'd rather have a smaller crowd of nice people that are really into the game than a whole mass of uncouth people
    • 1997, “Whatareya?”, performed by TISM:
      A wanker fights inequality / And for people’s rights / A wanker fights class prejudice / A yobbo just fights

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