Yob is slang in the United Kingdom for a loutish, uncultured person.[1][2] In Australia, the word yobbo is more frequently used, with a similar although slightly less negative meaning.
The word itself is a product of back slang, a process whereby new words are created by spelling or pronouncing existing words backwards. The word yob is thus derived from the word boy. It only began to acquire a derogatory connotation in the 1930s.[3]
Popular Redlands, California landmark The Tartan created a drink called The Yob which is essentially a Manhattan shot in a 40 oz King Cobra malt liquor served in a paper bag.
"Yob" is also the title of a 1998 single by TISM, detailing the "ingredients" which go into making up a yob.
The Yobs and The Yobbettes are a cartoon series written for Private EyebyTony Husband from the 1980s to 2023.[4]
UK band The Boys rearranged the "B" and the "Y" in their name and became The Yobs, releasing four singles and one album; 1980s Christmas Album. In this incarnation, the band members used the pseudonyms Noddy Oldfield, Ebenezer Polak, Kid Vicious and H. J. Bedwetter.
