He called for the female time traveller to be accompanied by a trumpet playing schoolgirl in "John Lennon-type spectacles" and her graffiti-spraying "yobbo" elder brother. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
As a Kiwi who has also lived for many years in the UK, I think quite a few of the above slang terms are shared by all 3 countries. eg I thought "yobbo" & "thongs" originated in Britain. From Wordnik.com. [AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters] Reference
Not all of them, but the yobbo factor is so high, I normally root for any team but England. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-06-01] Reference
But she can be such a yobbo and reminds me of my less-educated relatives (that is all of them). From Wordnik.com. [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference
Our job is to police. and if necessary WE WILL get into a fist fight with your yobbo pupils for you. From Wordnik.com. [G20 police assault verdict SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
When I arrived at Cronulla at about midday the crowd was fairly calm, rowdy and yobbo-ish, though not violent. From Wordnik.com. [The Cronulla Mob] Reference
There are no people more tolerant and anti - racist than us, but that does not mean we do not produce the odd yobbo. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
We used to have the yobbo (Clarkson), the spiv (quentin) and the boy racer (Needel), now we have two geriatrics and one in training. From Wordnik.com. [The last one (almost) « Transmission – BBC Top Gear] Reference
That gave us the social skills to think about our neighbours and their needs, to lead a happy life, which was not behaving like a yobbo. From Wordnik.com. [The heretic from Birkenhead] Reference
Even though Chelsea has bought themselves a Premiership championship with oligarch money, their manager has the class of their yobbo fans. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
So if I fly the flag that makes me a yobbo does it Eric?. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Just some crummy loud-mouth yobbo civil servant who was supposed to help with anti-social behaviour. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
Which means the majority of mindless sheep shaging yobbo pig's are from south wales or sound like they are!. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Upon that "yes", my young racist mind though, "Trust the yobbo to give me a swimmer, the most successful sport for Australia worldwide.". From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference
Also, there are familiar Briticisms -- yobbo (but not boyo), bog ` toilet, 'duck-egg ` goose-egg,' etc. -- which can be found in other sources. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 4] Reference
Remember a time, not that long ago, when the flippety flop of a jandal signalled the arrival of a beer-swilling, ciggie-smoking, style-starved yobbo?. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
'' The drunken yobbo behaviour needs to stop and an increase of the infringement notice for public drunkenness or drunken disorderly should act as a reminder to watch your alcohol consumption. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Advertiser - Front Page] Reference
The referee ejects the offending player and whichever semi-literate yobbo Fox Soccer Channel has doing the "color" says: "The team will be more compact with ten men and will actually play better.". From Wordnik.com. [Rum, Romanism and Rebellion] Reference
Then in the spirit of not offending minorities a couple of town halls refused to fly the flag and before we blinked St Georges Day had become an excuse for every yobbo and his dog to be obnoxious and drink 10 pints of lager. From Wordnik.com. [Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed] Reference
A ready competitor to Colossal Fossils is Hasbro's Hungry Hungry Hippos, more alliterative than literal, for hippos, as far as I know, are herbivores offering a greater threat to the house philodendron than to the yobbo who dares open his box. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3] Reference
"yobbo-free zone" during next month's Boxing Day Test. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
“What I can’t understand,” he said as he finished a bite of fish and sipped his wine, “is how a yobbo like Kenneth Hicks managed to hook Connor so thoroughly.”. From Wordnik.com. [Leave the Grave Green] Reference
's (2004) dark Adidas, the UK's most eloquent yobbo proved time and time again he could gather the rhythms of the inner city catwalks and weave them into polyester tapestries. From Wordnik.com. [Cokemachineglow.com] Reference
By aaron, October 8, 2009 @ 3:20 pm you know what dr yobbo, if i get the time i will write a fan fic about - one of the jb’s characters chucking in to become a council lifer. that would be hilarious!. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Massive multi-threaded narrative versus single POV or small ensemble cast stories.] Reference
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no angel, but I’m not about to be lectured by someone who acts like an uncouth yobbo towards a couple of women whose only crime was to give a rather tepid and inconsequential presentation at an ACSM summit. From Wordnik.com. [Anthony Colpo: a man obsessed | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
By virty, October 29, 2009 @ 6:44 am errr re that gig over at NT, early birdz, yobbo and barney seem to have opened a SG black hole delay somewhere. post’s appeared at 6.22 & 6.23 respectively but our fkn sun dial in the lotus pond was readin’6.07. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Anyone besides Orin and me watching Stargate Universe?] Reference
He's a yobbo, for heaven's sake!. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Famous]
Re: Needed: serious game programmers yobbo. From Wordnik.com. [Programmers Heaven latest news] Reference
"Being a drunken yobbo is not acting with class.". From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
She snarled, "Police, yobbo!. From Wordnik.com. [In the Presence of the Enemy]
Swap yuppie for yobbo and you’ve got the UK. From Wordnik.com. [quiz: your beer personality « raincoaster] Reference
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