yoofn.

Brit.

/juːf/, U.S.

/juf/

Forms: Also youf(f.

Etymology: Representing nonstandard pronunciation of youth n.

Chiefly U.K. colloquial (jocular and ironic).

Youth; young people collectively, esp. viewed by others as a constituency to be catered for (as regards entertainment, marketing, etc.); also spec. after Jamaican use, rebellious or dissatisfied young people; occasionally, a youth (plural yooves). Frequently in attributive use as yoof culture, etc. (often with respelt second element: cf. kulchur n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [noun]

youngeOE

younglingOE

girlc1300

youtha1325

young onec1384

birdc1405

young person1438

young blood1557

primrosea1568

slip1582

juvenal1598

quat1607

airling1611

egga1616

saplinga1616

chita1657

a slip of a girla1660

juvenile1733

young adult1762

boots1806

snip1838

spring chicken1857

yob1859

kid1884

chiseller1922

juvenile adult1926

YA1974

yoof1986

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [adjective]

wilda1300

rebel1340

rebellious?c1450

rebellant?a1475

mutinous1564

mutine1584

Whiggish1699

rebelly1705

yoof1986

the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > young people collectively

youngeOE

youthc897

maidhooda1200

youngth1484

youthhead1562

frya1577

younkery1594

Jack and Jill1621

jeunesse1673

youthhood1690

juvenility1823

jeunesse dorée1828

flaming youth1923

yoof1986

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > one who rebels > collectively

rebelc1600

mutinousa1627

revolteda1645

yoof1986

1986 Guardian 22 May 21/4 There's nothing the ‘youff and culcha’ freak show can do to shock me now.

1987 Daily Tel. 3 June 12/6 Bananas were soon smoked in New York and London and everywhere else where ‘youf’ reigned supreme.

1988 Independent 14 Oct. 15/2 Bad blonde singer Wendy James, who will be the star of at least one dreadful ‘Yoof’ movie before the decade is out.

1989 Sunday Times 1 Jan. b2/8 Janet Street-Porter, 42,..triumphantly reappeared as head of the BBC's ‘yoof’ department.

1989 Sunday Tel. 24 Sept. 43/1 Much of the youth culture on television is yoof kulchur, for the simple reason that the people who plan the schedules are themselves no longer yooves.

1991 Daily Tel. 1 July 19/3 The heavy-metal, rebellious youf of the circuit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yoof
释义	yoofn. Brit. /juːf/, U.S. /juf/ Forms: Also youf(f. Etymology: Representing nonstandard pronunciation of youth n. Chiefly U.K. colloquial (jocular and ironic). Youth; young people collectively, esp. viewed by others as a constituency to be catered for (as regards entertainment, marketing, etc.); also spec. after Jamaican use, rebellious or dissatisfied young people; occasionally, a youth (plural yooves). Frequently in attributive use as yoof culture, etc. (often with respelt second element: cf. kulchur n.). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] youngeOE younglingOE girlc1300 youtha1325 young onec1384 birdc1405 young person1438 young blood1557 primrosea1568 slip1582 juvenal1598 quat1607 airling1611 egga1616 saplinga1616 chita1657 a slip of a girla1660 juvenile1733 young adult1762 boots1806 snip1838 spring chicken1857 yob1859 kid1884 chiseller1922 juvenile adult1926 YA1974 yoof1986 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [adjective] wilda1300 rebel1340 rebellious?c1450 rebellant?a1475 mutinous1564 mutine1584 Whiggish1699 rebelly1705 yoof1986 the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > young people collectively youngeOE youthc897 maidhooda1200 youngth1484 youthhead1562 frya1577 younkery1594 Jack and Jill1621 jeunesse1673 youthhood1690 juvenility1823 jeunesse dorée1828 flaming youth1923 yoof1986 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > one who rebels > collectively rebelc1600 mutinousa1627 revolteda1645 yoof1986 1986 Guardian 22 May 21/4 There's nothing the ‘youff and culcha’ freak show can do to shock me now. 1987 Daily Tel. 3 June 12/6 Bananas were soon smoked in New York and London and everywhere else where ‘youf’ reigned supreme. 1988 Independent 14 Oct. 15/2 Bad blonde singer Wendy James, who will be the star of at least one dreadful ‘Yoof’ movie before the decade is out. 1989 Sunday Times 1 Jan. b2/8 Janet Street-Porter, 42,..triumphantly reappeared as head of the BBC's ‘yoof’ department. 1989 Sunday Tel. 24 Sept. 43/1 Much of the youth culture on television is yoof kulchur, for the simple reason that the people who plan the schedules are themselves no longer yooves. 1991 Daily Tel. 1 July 19/3 The heavy-metal, rebellious youf of the circuit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1986
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