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bovver

[bov-er]

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noun British Slang.

troublemaking or rowdiness by street gang youths.

Origin:
1965–70; representing Cockney pronunciation of bother (noun), probably orig. as a euphemism

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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bovver (ˈbɒvə)

—n
	slang (Brit)
	a. rowdiness, esp caused by gangs of teenage youths
	b. (as modifier): a bovver boy

[C20: slang pronunciation of bother]

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bovver

1969, Cockney pronunciation of bother "trouble" (q.v.), given wide extended usage in skinhead slang.

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