A.Word.A.Day "yobbery"

yobbery

PRONUNCIATION:

(YOB-uh-ree) 

MEANING:

noun: Rowdy, destructive behavior by the youth.

ETYMOLOGY:

From yob (a rowdy youth), coined by reversing the spelling of the word boy. Earliest documented use: 1974.

USAGE:

“A police crackdown on yobbery during the Bonfire Night period in Stirlingshire proved effective. Police report the number of calls concerning antisocial behaviour between October 30 and November 6 were down by over a third.”
Yobs Getting the Message; Stirling Observer (UK); Nov 13, 2013.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order. -Jean-Luc Godard, film director (b. 3 Dec 1930)