yob

noun

1. (obsolete)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.””

2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)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.”

   “Three local yobs have also joined, but they have not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train!”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of year of birth.

phrase

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of YOB (year of birth)