Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yobo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: yobo
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”).

noun

A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute.

noun

A Korean person.

Example Sentences

"Grandpa doesn't want Grandma and their kids and grandkids to know that he had to get penicillin shots all the time, or that he smoked boo (marijuana) on a daily basis, or that he dealt in the black market, or that he had yobos (purchased live-in sex slaves)."

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”).

Inflected Forms

yobos (plural)

Synonyms

bully tough hooligan ruffian roughneck rowdy yob yobbo

Questions

What does yobo mean?: Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”).
Where does yobo come from?: Borrowed from Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”).

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