In the dictionary supplement's references, it is possible to detect a slow drift in the word's meaning, towards the 'ruffian' interpretation, the new emphasis becoming clear from about 1927.
The characteristics of these yobbos are heavy drinking, possibly to the point of alcoholism, low intelligence, fashionably ignorant (usually wearing flip-flops and cheap t-shirts and shorts) and usually a fan of Australian football, cricket or V8 Supercars.
For a while, the Yobbos had harmless fun but it was only a matter of time before they became the subject of complaints from the wowsers in the members stand.
The members voiced their disapproval of the excessive noise and subsequently, the Yobbo's musical instruments were banned.
Yobbo's also had a habit and breaking into the chant "members are wankers." It wasn't long before security began ejecting anyone suspecting of starting the wave or having a good time.
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'Yobbo' is a slang term for an agressive and uncouth person.
The stereotyped image of a 'yobbo' (the Australian version of the American redneck) is a man with a mullet hairdo, wearing a tank-top, flannel, double plugger sandals, tattoos, and holding a beer, with a thick Aussie accent (encompassing all the slang).
The Australian 'yobbo' is generally someone from rural (the outback) or lower/working class background, but I don't think the yobbo accent can really be limited to any particular Australian geographical area.
The worst thing about failing to post anything on the blog for a week or more is that just about the only messages I now get in my home email inbox are Nigerian business proposals and marginally premature attempts to persuade me to buy some Viagra.
Meanwhile, Sam "Yobbo" Ward has been vilified by some obscure Hip Hop magazine.
They apparently accuse Sam not only of being a yobbo, but an ugly one.
We give users access to the Yobbo Wireless Network for a week fee of charge to see if they are happy with their setup before incurring any costs.
The money is used to cover power and ongoing upgrades to make the Yobbo Wireless Network enabling more users to connect.
Users will be asked to fill in some details, once we have received those, we will enable their Wireless MAC Address to the Access Point they will connect to.
This is my Aussie parody of "I'm Too Sexy" which is about being a yobbo.
yobbo - Australian version of the redneck which he is lazy sits on the couch eating meat pies and drinking cans of beer and watchin the football on TV stubby shorts - AFL football shorts that are real skimpy, even more skimpier than soccer shorts
The pacing is all messed up, but since the yobbo is "pissed" anyway, that only makes it funnier.
Of course, their "liberal Democrats" are quite a bit different from ours.
Update: Prompted by Yobbo's comment, my scores were 17 for Economic Freedom and 15 for Social Freedom.
That puts me approximately mid-way between the two major parties, the Liberals (actually conservatives), and the ALP (Australian Labor Party), basically equivalent of Union-wing of the US democrats.
Usage: Today's word may be used without the final —bo for "yob" bears the same meaning as "yobbo." The plural is yobbos—no need to add an [e].
Someone who behaves like a yobbo is "yobbish" (the adjective) and the behavior itself is "yobbery," not a bad substitute for "hooliganism."
Etymology: Words that arise from spelling other words backwards are a very rare anomaly (and possible only in those languages which have writing systems).
