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- DictionaryRude boy/ro͞od boi/
noun
- 1. (in Jamaica) a lawless urban youth who likes ska or reggae music.
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Rude boy is a subculture that originated from 1960s Jamaican street culture. In the late 1970s, there was a revival in England of the terms rude boy and rude girl, among other variations like rudeboy and rudebwoy, being used to describe fans of two-tone and ska. This revival of the subculture and term was partially the result of Jamaican immigration to the UK and the so-called "Windrush" generatio... Wikipedia