2006-10-25 23:00:03 · 8 answers · asked by viewAskew 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
yob [yob] (plural yobs) noun
U.K. hooligan: a young hooligan (informal)
Also called yobbo
[Mid-19th century. Backward spelling of boy .]
—yob·ber·y, noun
—yob·bish, adjective
2006-10-25 23:17:25 · answer #1 · answered by bero575 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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what does 'yob' mean? Is it a UK slang word?
2015-08-16 22:19:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yob is an English slang word and In the dictionary it says a yob is, a noisy, badly behaved young man.
2006-10-25 23:14:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word "yob" isn't yet in my two volume Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, but I can confirm that it is in common usage in the UK and generally means a hooligan, vandal or an uncouth and generally anti-social person.
2006-10-25 23:13:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeh, i gess it is a UK slang word! its some sort of delinquent. normally a young adult or teenager. the type to shout abuse at people - that get into alot of fights. you will often heard yob used at say, at football match 2 describe a gang shouting, getting drunk, giving abuse, breaking things and genrally causing havock!
2006-10-25 23:10:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yob is U.K slang for "Hooligan", low life
2006-10-26 03:42:49 · answer #6 · answered by Latin Techie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yob/yobbo, kind of a low-class twit. Don't associate yourself with them.
2006-10-25 23:03:45 · answer #7 · answered by mmmb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We use it in Aussie slang,it means you're an idiot,slob
2006-10-25 23:09:35 · answer #8 · answered by gym junkie mummy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yob is the Russian word for copulate (F***) in English.
2006-10-25 23:31:27 · answer #9 · answered by willgvaa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋