noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   youth (young person, young people or the state of being young) British, attributive, countable, slang, sometimes, uncountable

   "Slash'n'sideburn pop is what you get when Manc yoof grows up angry and facially bristling."

Example

More examples

"Slash'n'sideburn pop is what you get when Manc yoof grows up angry and facially bristling."

Etymology

Respelling of youth to correspond with a nonstandard pronunciation; th-fronting, in particular.

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