[1920–25; yob + -o]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fundamentalism, montage, self-service, slalom, superpower-o is a suffix occurring as the final element in informal shortenings of nouns (ammo; combo; condo; limo; promo); -o also forms nouns, usually derogatory, for persons or things exemplifying or associatedwith that specified by the base noun or adjective (cheapo; pinko; sicko; weirdo; wino)
Examples of 'yobbo' in a sentence
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We should all weep for the poor inhabitants who have been tormented for years by yobbos.