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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