Word: yobbo
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...1970s, his values "were based on the politics of us versus them." In Sydney parlance, he was a "westie." When the city had a million fewer people, the term was meant to be derogatory, signifying fibro housing, welfare mothers, hotted-up cars, small-time crime and a yobbo monoculture. Having lived his entire life in the area, Latham now wears the westie tag with pride. After two decades of sustained economic growth and speculative residential building, places that were once farms, woodland and light-industrial sites have been transformed. "In my 25 years of political involvement in the outer suburbs...
...Variation is “yobbo.” Someone who is very unkempt in appearance who favors “trakky-daks” (sweatpants) and “thongs” (flip-flops...
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