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BeYourself2021 t1_j6hk7j8 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:14 AM

Reply to comment by squarepeg0000 in McDonald's to play Beethoven in bid to deter yobs after rampage by Convair101

YOB. lol sounds like something the British would say lol. Seems to roll off the tongue easily, and especially after a few drinks.

GetlostMaps t1_j6hm4mi wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:38 AM

In Australia we say Yobbo.

Calorus t1_j6hn7td wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:51 AM

In Australia, you say "o" then try to find a word to put in front of it.

livinginfutureworld t1_j6ivhyf wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:29 PM

I thought that was how half of Spanish worked

imlistersinclair t1_j6ir7c7 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:02 PM

New to the Yobbo, eh?

LASERDICKMCCOOL t1_j6j4taa wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:27 PM

Don't you call crayfish yobbies?

Krissy_ok t1_j6jo8ns wrote on January 30, 2023 at 8:27 PM

I think you mean yabbies.

LASERDICKMCCOOL t1_j6jojvd wrote on January 30, 2023 at 8:29 PM

Ah ok thanks

BigBossWesker4 t1_j6khlkt wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:35 PM

I only know this word because of UK Top Gear

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itskdog t1_j6im5ui wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM

It's boy backwards, which I believe may be the etymology, though that may just be what I was taught as a child.

squarepeg0000 t1_j6iugqe wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:23 PM

I noticed that!

brick_eater t1_j6jidxk wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:51 PM

It is something the British would say (source: am Brit)