yobbery
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]yobbery (plural yobberies)
- (uncountable) Yobbish behaviour.
- 1997, Timothy Bewes, Cynicism and Postmodernity:
- Yobbery, in this instance, is one signifier of a certain social problem or set of problems...
- 2001, Ben Carrington, Ian McDonald, Race, Sport, and British Society:
- The next day's papers criticized the yobbery but there was very little about racism.
- (countable) An instance of yobbish behaviour.
- 1995, John Patten, Things to Come: The Tories in the 21st Century:
- ...minor incivilities and yobberies...