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snob yob

snob yob
 n.— «The resort on the North Cornwall coast has become popular with pupils from public and private schools celebrating the end of term. Police officers have been granted special dispersal powers to break up large groups of drunken teenagers. Drug taking is also a problem. Some of the local people refer to the revellers as “snob yobs.”» —“ Pupil dies after fall in holiday village” by Stewart Payne Telegraph (United Kingdom) July 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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