Yoof vs Oof - What's the difference?
yoof | oof |
(British slang) Youth (young person, young people or the state of being young ).
(used as a modifier before a noun ) Of or relating to youth or youths; intended for youths.
A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.
Money.
* 1888 , , Colonel Quaritch V.C. (
* 1911–1912 , published 1916, , The World For Sale , book 2, chapter 10 (
As nouns the difference between yoof and oof
is that yoof is youth (young person, young people or the state of being young) while oof is money.As an interjection oof is
a sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.yoof
English
Noun
Quotations
* (young people''): 1992 Slash'n'sideburn pop is what you get when Manc yoof grows up angry and facially bristling. — ''New Musical Express , London: Holborn Publishing Group * (of or relating to youth or youths; intended for youths''): 1992 As for the yoof question, yes, there was an attempt to inject a certain spring into Mr Punch's aged step. — ''Punch , London: Punch Publications Ltd * (of or relating to youth or youths; intended for youths''): 1992 And London clubzine Chortler's Inc has featured a cartoon strip with a bumbling yoof TV presenter, again called Nobski. — ''The Face , London: Nick LoganAnagrams
*oof
English
Etymology 1
(onomatopoeia)Interjection
(en interjection)Etymology 2
From (ooftish) or possibly connected with (etyl)Noun
(-)archive.org ebook), page 232:
- “Oh,” Johnnie was saying, “so Quest is his name, is it, and he lives in a city called Boisingham, does he? Is he an oof bird?” (rich)
“Rather,” answered the Tiger, “if only one can make the dollars run, but he's a nasty mean boy, he is.
Gutenberg ebook], [http://www.archive.org/details/worldforsaleano00parkgoog archive.org ebook):
- What's he after? Oof—oof—oof , that's what he's after. He's for his own pocket, he's for being boss of all the woolly West. He's after keeping us poor and making himself rich.