yob

noun

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Pronunciation: /jɒb/ / /jɑb/

Etymology: Backslang for boy. The second sense was likely influenced by hobnob and/or yokel.

A boy.
“And you bet that each gal, not to mention each yob, Didn't care how much ooftish it cost 'em per nob.”
“As we left the cemetery, I heard an elderly gravedigger muttering back slang to himself before Lucien's headstone. "Bloody shame, ain't it? Doubt the yob did much living by eighteen." I corrected the man, saying, “No fear, that yob did plenty of living.””
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.”