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yoof adjective /juːf/ /juːf/ [only before noun] (British English, informal, humorous) jump to other results - a non-standard spelling of ‘youth’, used to describe things connected with young people as a group, especially the group that particular types of entertainment, magazines, etc. are designed for
- The company is trying to appeal to the yoof market.
yoof noun /juːf/ /juːf/ [uncountable] (British English, informal, humorous) jump to other results - a non-standard spelling of ‘youth’, used to refer to young people as a group, especially as the group that particular types of entertainment, magazines, etc. are designed for
CultureThe word yoof was invented in the 1980s as a deliberate wrong spelling of youth. It implies that much of what is produced for young people assumes that they are not very intelligent.
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