Sally Jane Driscoll <
renza9@yahoo.com> writes:
>"yob tvoi mat' (using the informal rather than
the
>formal 'your')"
>
>That was the plural---all yo' mamas. Thanks,
Victoria.
>
>Isn't "yob" old British slang for a criminal?
Anyone
>know how that came into English?
I don't know that I'm afraid, but yob is still a current
usage in the UK. "Yob Culture", being a favourite coinage. A
yob is derograty and usually refers to a youngster engaged in
pointless acts of violence, brawling and destruction. Similar
to Hooligan (large unruly Irish family originally I believe)
and, lout. You are as likely to see Soccer rioters referred
to as Yobs, as Hooligans.
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