Yobbo or yob is a slang term for an uncouth or thuggish working-class person. The word derives from a back slang reading of the word `boy` (boy or boyo reversed becomes yob or – slightly modified – yobbo). ==Britain== The XYZ section of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1921, does not include the word, but a later supplement notes ..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yobbo