I think a chav is: a working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.
Anything you want it to stand for, eg Council House Addicted Vandals. Also, notice that a lot of the answers mention council houses, so that pretty much sums up a chav.
When you hear the word 'Chav' used in every day British conversations there is a stereotype that pops into peoples heads.
A chav is someone who is defined by what they wear, where they live and how they talk.
Chavs wear tracksuits and caps, also will wear alot of jewelery, especially gold chains and earings.
They are usually found in council housing estates and in the poor, trashy areas of England. They have poor education and are basically the common people of England
Chav, Chava or Charva or Charver is a derogatory term applied to certain young people in the United Kingdom. The stereotypical image of a chav is a white aggressive teen or young adult, of working class background, who wears branded sports and casual clothing, who often fights and engages in petty criminality, and is often assumed to be unemployed or in a low paid job.
Shortening of charver, and correct spelling of Chav. The word charver originated in geordieland, and the cockneys changed it to chav, which sounds wrong. Also, a townie mosh in South Hampton.
A particular class of people, telltale signs include:
In girl's:
Hooped gold earrings which a parrot could sit on.
Orange foundation.
Panda eyes.
Dyed Blonde hair (usually badly).
In boys:
Caps.
In both:
Burbury coats
Rockports
Trackies (tracksuit bottoms)
Incoherent way of speaking.
Bad attitude, loud and annoying.
Completely wrong belief that they are the most important people in the world.
juvenile delinquent's who think they are above the law, who wear fake brands, listen to dance/trance music, hang around parks and and pester the life out of everyone.
In the UK, a chav is someone with little education, little dignity, usually unemployed and a stoner, an obese person with a big, sweary gob, the sort of person who has a baby to get a flat, a criminal, a sponger, a complete waste of space, the sort of person who wears tracksuits and does no exercise.
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I think a chav is: a working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.
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Anything you want it to stand for, eg Council House Addicted Vandals. Also, notice that a lot of the answers mention council houses, so that pretty much sums up a chav.
When you hear the word 'Chav' used in every day British conversations there is a stereotype that pops into peoples heads.
A chav is someone who is defined by what they wear, where they live and how they talk.
Chavs wear tracksuits and caps, also will wear alot of jewelery, especially gold chains and earings.
They are usually found in council housing estates and in the poor, trashy areas of England. They have poor education and are basically the common people of England
Chav, Chava or Charva or Charver is a derogatory term applied to certain young people in the United Kingdom. The stereotypical image of a chav is a white aggressive teen or young adult, of working class background, who wears branded sports and casual clothing, who often fights and engages in petty criminality, and is often assumed to be unemployed or in a low paid job.
Shortening of charver, and correct spelling of Chav. The word charver originated in geordieland, and the cockneys changed it to chav, which sounds wrong. Also, a townie mosh in South Hampton.
A particular class of people, telltale signs include:
In girl's:
Hooped gold earrings which a parrot could sit on.
Orange foundation.
Panda eyes.
Dyed Blonde hair (usually badly).
In boys:
Caps.
In both:
Burbury coats
Rockports
Trackies (tracksuit bottoms)
Incoherent way of speaking.
Bad attitude, loud and annoying.
Completely wrong belief that they are the most important people in the world.
You'ree a charv, man.
Chav's = freaks [literally]
juvenile delinquent's who think they are above the law, who wear fake brands, listen to dance/trance music, hang around parks and and pester the life out of everyone.
Council House Adolecent Vermin
Council Housed And Violent
In the UK, a chav is someone with little education, little dignity, usually unemployed and a stoner, an obese person with a big, sweary gob, the sort of person who has a baby to get a flat, a criminal, a sponger, a complete waste of space, the sort of person who wears tracksuits and does no exercise.
I think in the US, you'd call them 'white trash'.
It's like, a young British guy who's weird. Something like that. Look in Urban Dictionary.