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yoof, n. Chiefly U.K. colloq. (joc. and iron.).|juːf|
Also youf(f.
[Repr. non-standard pronunc. of youth n.]
Youth; young people collectively, esp. viewed by others as a constituency to be catered for (as regards entertainment, marketing, etc.); also spec. after Jamaican use, rebellious or dissatisfied young people; occas., a youth (pl. yooves). Freq. in attrib. use as yoof culture, etc. (often with respelt second element: cf. kulchur n.).
1986Guardian 22 May 21/4 There's nothing the ‘youff and culcha’ freak show can do to shock me now. 1987Daily Tel. 3 June 12/6 Bananas were soon smoked in New York and London and everywhere else where ‘youf’ reigned supreme. 1988Independent 14 Oct. 15/2 Bad blonde singer Wendy James, who will be the star of at least one dreadful ‘Yoof’ movie before the decade is out. 1989Sunday Times 1 Jan. b2/8 Janet Street-Porter, 42,..triumphantly reappeared as head of the BBC's ‘yoof’ department. 1989Sunday Tel. 24 Sept. 43/1 Much of the youth culture on television is yoof kulchur, for the simple reason that the people who plan the schedules are themselves no longer yooves. 1991Daily Tel. 1 July 19/3 The heavy-metal, rebellious youf of the circuit. |