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Used to describe the typical burbury clad, fashion obsessed idiotic teenage under-class in England, usually the South-East.
A writer in the Independent thought it derived from the name of the town of Chatham in Kent, where the term is best known and probably originated, others have reported it as Cheltenham. But it seems that the word is from a much older underclass, the gypsies, many of whom have lived in that area for generations. Chav is almost certainly from the Romany word for a child, chavi, recorded from the middle of the nineteenth century. We know it was being used as a term of address to an adult man a little later in the century, but it hasn’t often been recorded in print since and its derivative chav is quite new to most people.
Other terms for the class also have Romany connections; another is charver, Romany for prostitute. Yet another is the deeply insulting pikey, presumably from the Kentish dialect term for gypsy that was borrowed from turnpike, so a person who travels the roads.
Note - a female Chav is often called a Chavette.
A writer in the Independent thought it derived from the name of the town of Chatham in Kent, where the term is best known and probably originated, others have reported it as Cheltenham. But it seems that the word is from a much older underclass, the gypsies, many of whom have lived in that area for generations. Chav is almost certainly from the Romany word for a child, chavi, recorded from the middle of the nineteenth century. We know it was being used as a term of address to an adult man a little later in the century, but it hasn’t often been recorded in print since and its derivative chav is quite new to most people.
Other terms for the class also have Romany connections; another is charver, Romany for prostitute. Yet another is the deeply insulting pikey, presumably from the Kentish dialect term for gypsy that was borrowed from turnpike, so a person who travels the roads.
Note - a female Chav is often called a Chavette.
"I was walking down Romford High Street and I was surrounded by Chav scum. This is why I hate that place on a Friday night."
by DC January 13, 2005
Get the chavmug. 1. A powerful infusion of the words slut and whore.
2. A fierce creature identified as a minion of Gozer in the movie Ghostbusters.
2. A fierce creature identified as a minion of Gozer in the movie Ghostbusters.
1. That girl is such a slore!
2. Then, during the third reconciliation of the Voldroni, the supplicants chose the form of a Giant Slore! Many Shubs and Zhools knew what it was like to be roasted in the belly of a Slore that day, I can tell you.
2. Then, during the third reconciliation of the Voldroni, the supplicants chose the form of a Giant Slore! Many Shubs and Zhools knew what it was like to be roasted in the belly of a Slore that day, I can tell you.
by DC March 14, 2005
Get the sloremug. by DC February 10, 2005
Get the tribmug. A word that posers use instead of ta tang tang. The term must be used with a secret handshake. It can be used as a greating or it can express horniness or joy.
by DC March 31, 2004
Get the wang wangmug. In Washington DC it used to be a term for a teenager's child. A single, projects living, fatherless type scenario.
Here she comes walking from the projects with all her baybay kids in tow.
Shawonda is in the 10th. grade and she already has 2 baybays.
Shawonda is in the 10th. grade and she already has 2 baybays.
by DC April 18, 2005
Get the Baybaymug. by DC January 2, 2005
Get the Footmug. A man who acts too gay to actually be gay.(There is gay, and there is Hollywood gay). He pretends to be gay so he can touch attractive women without them getting angry. Usually too ugly to get women by conventional means, and very affectionate around women.
by DC December 7, 2003
Get the Pseudo-fagmug.