I don't know. What's a plebby?Thanks. Is there any common (informal) word, then, to refer to such people, especially in British English?
I don't know. What's a plebby?
Which people?
Those who are not from the same socio-economic class?
Those who speak with the 'wrong' accent?
Those who did not go to an exclusive school?
Those who piss in the bathroom/loo/toilet rather than the lavatory?
Those who earn considerably less than I do?
Those who mug little old ladies?
I've heard pleb used, not plebby. I would be very careful about using the word- you might get yourself punched out. It's a class equivalent to casual racism.
The noun 'pleb' is a very derogatory way for those people from the British upper classes to refer to those people from the lower class. It's derived from the Roman 'plebeian'. The word 'plebby' appears to be an adjective form of this word.
Somebody who is boorish acts as if he has no manners.
Those who don't mean to act and behave what way?Those who perhaps don't mean to act and behave that way but, given the familial and social context they come from, they may not be aware of some rules, etiquette or so on.
That would be a yob in BrE, I believe, not a pleb.