Monday, January 12, 2015

Word of the Day (January 12, 2015)

Word of the Day (January 12, 2015)

Yob – (n.) a teenage boy or young man who does noisy and sometimes violent things as part of a group or gang

Example: “A group of yobs took his bicycle.”

Origin: backward spelling for boy.

First use: 1908


(Reference: Merriam Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Application. Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2015.)

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