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yobbery

yobbery noun: yobbish behaviour.

Noun

yobbery (plural yobberies)

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

Forms of yobbery

pluralyobberies

Origin of yobbery

From yob + -ery.

Questions about yobbery

What does yobbery mean?
Yobbery means yobbish behaviour.
What part of speech is yobbery?
Yobbery is a noun.
What is the plural of yobbery?
The plural of yobbery is yobberies.

Words near yobbery in the dictionary

  1. yoals
  2. Yoav
  3. yob
  4. yobai
  5. yobberies
  6. yobbery
  7. yobbish
  8. yobbishly
  9. yobbishness
  10. yobbism
  11. yobbo

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