What it means
A catch-all for that loutish, boozy, aggressive vibe you get from people acting like complete yobs, usually young blokes, but not always. Think shouting in the street, hassling strangers, scrapping outside takeaways and generally making the place feel rough. Often used by the tabloids, politicians and fed-up locals when town centres turn feral at the weekend.
Usage examples
"The council reckons it’s cracking down on yob culture, but the lads are still necking tinnies outside Tesco, shouting at taxis and kicking off."
"The seaside town empties of families by August because the yob culture takes over every weekend."
"It's not all yob culture round here, but a few lads ruin the high street every Friday night."
"Every bank holiday the promenade turns into full-on yob culture, lads off their heads, bins tipped over, everyone else just trying to dodge the nonsense."
"They're calling it nightlife, but once the pubs shut it's pure yob culture outside the kebab shop."
Where it comes from
Built from yob, a very British insult for a lout or rough, badly behaved young bloke. Yob is widely explained as backslang for boy. From there, yob culture took off in tabloids and political talk as a handy label for binge-drunk, aggro, anti-social public behaviour, especially around town centres and weekend nightlife.
