bootboys
Violent street gang
Bootboys are young men associated with aggressive, working-class subcultures, particularly skinheads in Britain during the late 1960s and 1970s.
The term references the heavy boots—typically Doc Martens—that became emblematic of the style.
Bootboys were often linked to football hooliganism and street violence, though the subculture had complex ties to both far-right politics and multiracial ska and reggae scenes.
The bootboys gathered outside the stadium looking for trouble.
Close-cropped subculture member
- Dr. MartensBritish leather boot brand
- bracesDental alignment devices
- suspendersShoulder straps for trousers
- Fred PerryBritish tennis great
Harrington · shaved head · steel-toe · crop · polo shirts · flight jackets · leather jackets · mod
British attention call
- skaJamaican fusion genre
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
- reggaeJamaican offbeat music style
- rocksteadyBass-heavy Jamaican sixties sound
two-tone · anthem · gig · vinyl · stomper · last resort · business · blitz
Harmful physical force
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- thuggeryViolent criminal conduct
- brawlingFighting noisily in public
- vandalismWillful property damage
hooliganism · aggro · firm · crew · terrace · casuals · rampage · confrontation
Manual labor workforce
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- industrialOf factories and production
- factoryIndustrial production facility
manual · solidarity · union · wages · docks · shipyard · estate · council house
skinhead
Close-cropped subculture member
- Dr. MartensBritish leather boot brand
- bracesDental alignment devices
- suspendersShoulder straps for trousers
Fred Perry · Harrington · shaved head · steel-toe · crop · polo shirts · flight jackets · leather jackets · mod · rudeboy
oi
British attention call
rocksteady · two-tone · anthem · gig · vinyl · stomper · last resort · business · blitz
violence
Harmful physical force
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- thuggeryViolent criminal conduct
- brawlingFighting noisily in public
vandalism · hooliganism · aggro · firm · crew · terrace · casuals · rampage · confrontation · menace
blue-collar
Manual labor workforce
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- industrialOf factories and production
factory · manual · solidarity · union · wages · docks · shipyard · estate · council house · tradesman
bootboyspacifists
Those opposing all warfare
peaceniks · peace activists · conscientious objectors · flower children · Quakers
bootboysantifascists
Opposers of totalitarian ideology
civil rights activists · progressives · leftists · social justice warriors · human rights defenders
bootboysdo-gooders
People who help others ostentatiously
youth workers · social workers · boy scouts · pillars of the community
boot, boots, booted, booting, bootee, bootees, bootie, booties, boy