yobbo
nounInformal
A Australian English slang term. Browse all Australian slang.
What it means
A loud, boorish, usually drunk man. Focuses on behaviour where bogan focuses on class.
In use
A few yobbos started up in the back bar.
Don't be a yobbo, sit down.
Where it comes from
From British yob, which is 'boy' spelled backwards — a 19th-century back-slang coinage. Australia added the -o.
Other forms
- Similar terms:
- yob