This week’s theme
Illustrated words

This week’s words
gramarye
quacksalver
viridity
yobbery
xenophile

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(YOB-uh-ree)

MEANING:

noun: Rowdy, destructive behavior by the youth.

ETYMOLOGY:

From yob (a rowdy youth), coined by reversing the spelling of the word boy. Earliest documented use: 1974.

USAGE:

“A police crackdown on yobbery during the Bonfire Night period in Stirlingshire proved effective. Police report the number of calls concerning antisocial behaviour between October 30 and November 6 were down by over a third.”
Yobs Getting the Message; Stirling Observer (UK); Nov 13, 2013.

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