Toff vs Yob - What's the difference?
toff | yob |
(obsolete) An elegantly dressed person.
(British) A person of the upper class- or high-class-pretence who usually communicates an air of superiority.
* 1972 , New Scientist, Vol. 55, No. 812, "
* 1998 , The Billboard, April 11th issue,
* 2012 , How the Dice Fell , by John Roberts, page 186
(pejorative, chiefly, British, Australia, NZ, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behavior/behaviour and/or drunkenness.
* 2010 , Paul R. Wilson, The Birthday of Eternity , page 209
As nouns the difference between toff and yob
is that toff is an elegantly dressed person while yob is a person who engages in antisocial behavior/behaviour and/or drunkenness.As an abbreviation YOB is
abbreviation of lang=en|year of birth birthyear.toff
English
Noun
(en noun)A groundling's notebook" by Donald Gould
- I came home first class — up the front end with the toffs — semi-anaesthetised throughout the trip by caviar and free champagne — and to hell with frugality and the conservation of resources.
page 34, Paul McCartney's remark on the right margin:
- George Martin always seemed to me to be a "toff " and a gentleman even though his roots, like many of us, were in the common people. George has a touch of class that is quite impressive.
- I like to see the toffs' being ' toffs . The women all glammed up]], the blokes in their tails and [[top hat, top 'ats, all braying and flinging their money around. Confirms all my prejudices. Just a reminder of who my enemies are.
Usage notes
Commonly used in the UK with a negative connotation.Antonyms
* plebSee also
* la-di-daReferences
*yob
English
Noun
(en noun)- As we left the cemetary, I heard an elderly gravedigger muttering back slang to himself before Lucien's headstone. "Bloody shame, ain't it? Doubt the yob' did much living by eighteen."
I corrected the man, saying, “No fear, that '''''yob did plenty of living.”