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yobbery

/ ˈjɒbərɪ /

noun

  1. slang.
    behaviour typical of aggressive surly youths
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“The England team are a likeable bunch, multi-cultural, vibrant and supporters of social justice issues. Both the team and manager are supporters of anti-discrimination. The fans on the other hand have demonstrated their knuckle-headed yobbery again. Booing their own team taking the knee. Booing the opposition’s national anthem. Cheering the sight of a little German girl crying ... Johnson is already on the bandwagon. This will be painted as a Brexit Britain win.”

"There are people who think culturally the atmosphere is very male, very testosterone-fuelled and, in the worst cases, of yobbery and public school twittishness," he said in a 2014 letter to party leaders.

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I cried some more, then went back outside, where all the kids were, and walked right up to Skinny, and said, “Hey, Skinny, I’m sick of your yobbery.*”

Last week, Mr Bercow wrote to party leaders David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, urging them to clamp down on "yobbery and public school twittishness" at Prime Minister's Questions.

From BBC

His comments come after the House of Commons Speaker wrote to party leaders urging them to clamp down on "yobbery and public school twittishness".

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