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Chavs
It started as a word, but it has grown into a phenomenon. The wiki says chavs are: Chav or Charv/Charver ('ch' pronunced as in chair) is a mainly derogatory slang term in the United Kingdom for a subcultural stereotype fixated on... [more]
It started as a word, but it has grown into a phenomenon. The wiki says chavs are:
Chav or Charv/Charver ('ch' pronunced as in chair) is a mainly derogatory slang term in the United Kingdom for a subcultural stereotype fixated on fashions such as gold jewellery and 'designer' clothing. They are generally considered to have no respect for society, and be ignorant or unintelligent. The term appeared in mainstream dictionaries in 2005.
The defining features of the stereotype include clothing in the Burberry pattern (notably a now-discontinued baseball cap) and from a variety of other casual and sportswear brands. Tracksuits, hoodies, sweatpants and baseball caps are particularly associated with this stereotype. Response to the term has ranged from amusement to criticism that it is a new manifestation of classism. The term has also been associated with delinquency, the "ASBO Generation", "Hoodie culture" and "yob culture". Chavs are often stereotyped as being particularly anti-emo and anti-Goth, two other subcultural groups.
If it's tacky, chavy, brassy but not classy, put it here.
I have HOT, fresh gossip straight up from the tents at Bryant Park... I went to my sketching class ( I was sweating it, we started working on faces and hands, my waterloo) and when I turned on my 'puter (Baby-Saffi speak for computer) my sweet babies from Project Rungay Tom and Lorenzo and the peeps from the official project Runway blog had the photos from the collections posted. I almost wet my pants with joy! First, minor gossip, that icon of utter tackiness and the High Priestess of Chav...
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Many of our American social ills also plague other societies.
What we call ghetto, white trash, nigga or wigger is called “chav” in England.
On top of this, you don’t have to wait until you are 21 to drink.
According to Wikipedia:
“Chav as an epithet
Within the UK “chav” is often used to indicate a person(s) openly exhibiting many antisocial or irresponsible tenancies, particular examples include.
Habitual, willing unemployment,
Truancy (if of school age)
Underage sexual activity...
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My Fellow Americans…
I was told by a wise person many years ago that you learn something new everyday. Today was no exception.
I learned all about “Chavs” today. What is a “chav”, you ask?
“Chavs” are the English equilivilent of a “hoochie mama” or “white trash”.
“Chavs” are also called Neds, Townies, Kevs, Charvers, Steeks, Spides, Bazzas, Yarcos, Ratboys, Kappa Slappers, Skangers, Scutters, Janners, Stigs, Scallies and Hood Rats.
Sigh…So many names…
There are also ABSO kids in England...
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The boys, meanwhile, sport Burberry baseball caps, Lacoste tracksuits, white Reeboks and a cocky swagger. They are, of course, chavs – but for goodness sake ...
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The word 'chav' isn't just a social statement about people who wear Burberry baseball caps - it is a weapon of class hatred, according to a leading think tank.
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"Chav" might have grabbed the popular imagination by seeming to convey something original - not just scum, friends, but scum in Burberry! ...
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Burberry has strong expansion plans, very little net debt, and it has shaken off the "chav" tag that threatened to blight its brand several years ago. ...
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A think tank groups the British slang "chav" with inflammatory racist language.
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Pushing aside the ever renewing hype about possibly joining forces once again with loveable rogue Doherty, Carl Barat has revealed details of another side project he?s got brewing away.
On top of the work he?s been doing on The Chavs, with...
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The word chav should be banned s it is 'deeply offensive' to the lower classes, a left-wing think tank has suggested.
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THE word 'chav' shows a deep hatred of the working class and should be stamped out, according to a left-wing think-tank.
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Tom Hampson of the Fabian Society has deemed the word "chav" to be "way above the threshold of acceptability". Anyone who thinks of themselves as progressive ought not to use it, he argues, it's offensive to a ...
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Use of the word "chav" shows a deep hatred of the working class and should be stamped out, according to a left-wing think-tank. Tom Hampson, editorial director of the Fabian Society, argues in a forthcoming article that the word is "sneering and patronising" and more and more widely used...
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