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YOB
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
(noun) a cruel and brutal fellow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
yob (plural yobs)
(obsolete, costers, backslang) A boy.
(pejorative, chiefly, British, Australia, NZ, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.
Synonyms
• (boy): See Thesaurus:boy
• (antisocial person)
(standard register): hooligan
(British): tearaway, chav
(chiefly Australian slang): yobbo
(Geordie slang): charva
• bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian
Anagrams
• BYO, boy, byo, oby
Noun
YOB
Initialism of year of birth.
Anagrams
• BYO, boy, byo, oby
Phrase
YoB
Alternative spelling of YOB (year of birth)
Anagrams
• BYO, boy, byo, oby
Source: Wiktionary
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