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where did the word 'chav' come from?

sad pics - and some of them actually look like they're happy to be chavs....

D :rolleyes:
 
oaklandbum said:
OK. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't being interpreted wrong.
Not by me, bro :D . Not gonna jump on every possible misinterpretation. As for chavs, think more "trailer trash" than bored surburban kids. Maybe somewhere inbetween.
So, Cambridge is safe - and Brixton, apparently. This is starting to sound like 28 Days Later. :eek:
 
wowser said:
according to the guardian, it is this year's 'buzz word'. it looks into the word 'chav'?

Interesting article. I think it's highly unlikely that Chav derives from Chavi. It's most likely a derivative of Charver, which is the equivalant term in the North East.

Does anybody know what Charver means?
 
Ah. So it's basically the UK equivalent of the MTV-inspired pop-diluted hip-hop approximation espoused here in the US by so many who've never even BEEN to a real inner-city ghetto neighborhood in their life. Gotcha. We Americans just don't have a name for it.

Funny that in the section on Chav culture, they mention Eastenders, which my mom has been watching loyally for years (though she's just your average harmless Anglophile--no chavness).
 
no, i was quite impressed with the lack of chavs in Cambridge. They were there, sure, but could be avoided easily. I think i may leave the country ... seriously
 
I live in Nottingham and am being suffocated by chav's!

Luckily, some parts scare them off, namely Hockley Village. I believe they cull them in that area. Whatever they do, it's nice and chav-free!

Sadly though, my favourite Apple reseller is right at the heart of Chav-city. Ugh.
 
evil_santa said:
go on take the Chav Test

I'm a Rock Grunger apparently :D

There was no Jazz or Country options, but i came out as a "rock grunger". You may notice I have added quotation marks. I will bet that the percentage of chavs who use Macs is pretty darn ZERO :)
 
evil_santa said:
go on take the Chav Test

I'm a Rock Grunger apparently :D

There was no Jazz or Country options, but i came out as a "rock grunger". You may notice I have added quotation marks. I will bet that the percentage of chavs who use Macs is pretty darn ZERO :)
 
wowser said:
I think i may leave the country ... seriously

I'm thinking the same, not just because of chavs but because of the general decline over here - cost of living, house prices, crime, dirty hospitals, rubbish schools, traffic, speed cameras, the duplicitous government (bunch of liars, and I voted for them - twice!). Early 21st century Britain is not a place in which I enjoy living.

If I could emigrate tomorrow, I would. Sell my car to pay off my debts. And just leave. Live out my dreams in a better place.

Any of (in no particular order of preference) Canada, the US, New Zealand or Australia would be nice.

However, with major things like this, it's all a question of getting the motivation to do it.
 
exactly, Mr Vega, exactly. I''m thinking more California than Oz, though. I was thinking Denmark or Norway or somewhere would be nice, though (would need to learn the language)
 
iJoe said:
I live in Nottingham and am being suffocated by chav's!

Luckily, some parts scare them off, namely Hockley Village. I believe they cull them in that area. Whatever they do, it's nice and chav-free!

Sadly though, my favourite Apple reseller is right at the heart of Chav-city. Ugh.
Damn, dude, Hockley has Revolution, Ice Nine (which is so totally Chav - they sell bongs for crying out loud!), Indigo bar, and the ultimate in Nu-Chav, The Old Angel... I suppose they do get "freaked out" by the "weirdo" Void. Meh, I've not been there in the past 2 years and not seen scabby-ass Townies/Chavs on the benches opposite, though.

It is a shame that KRCS are based right opposite Wimpy's though, an right next to a Mobile phone cover shop!! Hahaha... stereotyping is fun :) :D ;)
 
oaklandbum said:
is that in response to me? I wasn't trying to say it's only white people, just that edesignuk's description sounds like the typical white suburban teenager.

huh...no...to be honest i didnt even notice his race (isnt that how it should be??) i was just pointing out another chav but this time...fully chaved
 
You may think there are a lot of chavs near you,

come to....

BLACKPOOL

It's like Chav mecca here!

We have enough of our own chav's without them all coming here on holiday!
 
wowser said:
I was getting a bit bogged down with the way chav culture seems to be running amok in England. Which is the least chavvy large town / city in the UK? I was hoping it would be somewhere like Bath or York. Cambridge was relatively chav free, too. Any suggestions?

well york isn't. i'm living in the middle of a mini ghetto. i hate all these chavs (scallys ot townies as i like to call them). bring back the tories who will be strong on yob culture!
 
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