How would you define a 'chav'...
 

..I thought about making this thread a while ago because even though obviously I'm aware of the reference...I have to admit that I'm not really fully sure what a 'chav' is...anyway, I saw a similar thread on another forum this morning which reminded me...so what are your views of what a 'chav' is...?...

an aggressive, uneducated and unemployed person found roaming around town during the middle of weekdays with pitbulls (or prams, if they're female), carrier bags full of beer and wearing sports clothing despite not playing any

..if they weren't aggressive but the other things applied, would they still be a 'chav'..is aggression a big part of it..?..

yeah i think the word comes from "council housing and violent" so that's what i associate it with

you can tell your a teacher:joker:

..that's really interesting and more or less how my sons describe it..(the aggression..)..but I think that it's one of those things that different people would have differing definitions, which is why I've always been a bit confused by it...

..and then there's the 'stereotypical chav in a humour way..'..like Vicky Pollard etc...who may talk aggression but don't really seem actually physically aggressive...

..there aren't so many 4/9yr old chavs as there used to be back in the day...



..sign of the times...

I don't think the kids call them chavs nowadays, I think they have a new term for them. I remember chavs were known as Townies before the term came along.

I don't think they are chav's at that point, its when they start hanging around the streets, spitting and swearing, they then go home to their parent's but mostly parent as in one!, who is spitting and swearing at them.

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A mean person wearing tracksuits and that

Someone who plays music through their phone without earphones on public transport/walking down the street

The idiots who hang around streets drinking alcohol, usually pretty aggressive, probably owns an aggressive dog, probably gets into many fights, people who are just generally not nice people. My economics teacher always moans at the word 'chav' believing that it's a reference to peoples social class but I don't know anyone who uses the term in that way. One of the biggest chavs at my old high school who got expelled in year 10 has a mum who is a dentist... It's entirely in reference to peoples attitude IMO.

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The lads wearing all track suits and snapback caps who sit on the bench outside the co-op all day smoking roll ups and drinking cheap cider

not necessarily snapbacks, these things

http://i.imgur.com/cofk0k9.jpg

There is no such thing. Such an annoying word. Especially when people are branded chavs when they wouldn't even be near to one.

I think it's one of those indefinable things... like 'snob'

I'm going with What Shaun said.

Lmao at people saying there's no such thing as a chav

Have these people never seen Jeremy Kyle?

evidently not http://s26165.storage.proboards.com/...tFQS2hOGqb.gif

It's a very British word but the first thing that pops into my head when I hear the word is the typical Jeremy Kyle guest ^

Thinking about it I think it's someone who's ignorant and a bit socially inept. I mean chav not snob, although it describes them both actually :laugh:

Cheeky , Rude


There was a great Docu on Sky1 , many years ago
by Julie Burchill

May be on youtube