Jealous northerners with small penises, ugly faces, fat women and tractors feel the need to bitch about thier superiors.
by ROARING HELL June 5, 2004
Get the Essexmug. I'm not very happy at the definitions of Essex that people have posted!
I have lived in both Basildon and Southend, but I am neither a chav nor emo...I am just a regular person. I am not poor, I do not claim benefits and I will NEVER become pregnant at 14. I would also like to state that as someone who is interested in fashion, Burberry is still a luxury brand - although sterotype 'chavs' wear fake designer stuff, I would never be caught dead in it. If you were to flip through the pages of VOGUE (yes, I'm probably one of few from Basildon who do read it) I'm sure you would be surprised to find that Burberry hardly use 'that' print in thier designs, or do it in an understated way...rather than that whole Daniella Westbrook (or whatever) look! :|
Yes, I agree that Southend is an area that really has gone down the pan due to its latest inhabiatants, but as someone who grew up in that area (well...mostly Leigh-on-sea aswell) I haven't turned out too bad! I get good grades and I am working towards my ambition of becoming a fashion designer.
So please...DON'T BE FOOLED. BASILDON ISN'T HALF BAD :) Promise!
I have lived in both Basildon and Southend, but I am neither a chav nor emo...I am just a regular person. I am not poor, I do not claim benefits and I will NEVER become pregnant at 14. I would also like to state that as someone who is interested in fashion, Burberry is still a luxury brand - although sterotype 'chavs' wear fake designer stuff, I would never be caught dead in it. If you were to flip through the pages of VOGUE (yes, I'm probably one of few from Basildon who do read it) I'm sure you would be surprised to find that Burberry hardly use 'that' print in thier designs, or do it in an understated way...rather than that whole Daniella Westbrook (or whatever) look! :|
Yes, I agree that Southend is an area that really has gone down the pan due to its latest inhabiatants, but as someone who grew up in that area (well...mostly Leigh-on-sea aswell) I haven't turned out too bad! I get good grades and I am working towards my ambition of becoming a fashion designer.
So please...DON'T BE FOOLED. BASILDON ISN'T HALF BAD :) Promise!
by just a normal person January 5, 2008
Get the ESSEXmug. Noun: a 238-ton whaling ship, based out of Nantucket Island (USA), famously sunk on November 20, 1820 in an encounter with "Mocha Dick", an albino sperm whale defending his pod against human predation. Incident widely acknowledged as the direct inspiration for Herman Melville's 1851 novel "Moby-Dick, or The Whale".
"Following the second hull strike by Mocha Dick, the Essex crew had only minutes to provision the surviving boats and cast-off before the ship sank."
by speedog June 16, 2010
Get the Essexmug. 
OK. I COME FROM ESSEX AND I LIVE IN BASILDON, WHICH IS KNOWN AS CHAV TOWN SOMEWHERE BUT ESSEX IS NOT ALL FULL OF CHAVS AND SLUTS!!! :@
ok you do get some chavs but u get that everywhere. TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAY ALL YOU GET ISYOUNG KIDS IN FAKE BURBERRY CAPS WELL EXCUSE ME BUT WHAT CENTURY ARE THEY LIVING IN???? i havnt seen a burberry cap in years and to top it all off there are some normal people ok???
ok you do get some chavs but u get that everywhere. TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAY ALL YOU GET ISYOUNG KIDS IN FAKE BURBERRY CAPS WELL EXCUSE ME BUT WHAT CENTURY ARE THEY LIVING IN???? i havnt seen a burberry cap in years and to top it all off there are some normal people ok???
by BECKY :D January 13, 2008
Get the ESSEXmug. Home of the sluts, and chavs. Essex in the UK is totally populated by them, and you can't go to a club without the threat of being stabbed, or getting drunk and getting a girl pregnant.
Essex has its ups aswell. It does have some ok places.
But do not go to Essex for a holiday.
Essex has its ups aswell. It does have some ok places.
But do not go to Essex for a holiday.
by Cloud November 22, 2004
Get the Essexmug. Essex is a county in England with a bad reputation. From programmes like TOWIE most of England (and a lot of Essex) has the idea that all people from Essex do is claim benefits, get pregnant and vajazzle each other.
I live in Essex and this is not how it works. Essex is just as varied as any other county in England. I'm at secondary school and there are some chavs who can't speak proper English, but there are people like that all over the place. Most people at my school are completely comprehensible, though most of the girls have their skirts very short and their faces caked in make-up.
Geographically, Essex is the driest county in England and one of the most affluent. There is, however, a town called Harlow, which I think is probably one of the main sources of Essex's reputation. I've been to Harlow. It's not very nice.
London's influence on Essex is large, from proximity, and also from the fact that a lot of Londoners fled to Essex during WWII (and are the reason that Harlow exists today) so a lot of slang in Essex is from London. This includes slag, sket, slut etc. etc. The accent here is quite London-based.
They also say "ain't" a lot, though the whole 'Innit blud' is a myth. People only say that as a form of mockery. Ts at the end of words get dropped off, and sometimes in the middle as well. A'ichood instead of attitude, la'ichood instead of latitude. That's quite extreme though. People also say 'like' very often.
I live in Essex and this is not how it works. Essex is just as varied as any other county in England. I'm at secondary school and there are some chavs who can't speak proper English, but there are people like that all over the place. Most people at my school are completely comprehensible, though most of the girls have their skirts very short and their faces caked in make-up.
Geographically, Essex is the driest county in England and one of the most affluent. There is, however, a town called Harlow, which I think is probably one of the main sources of Essex's reputation. I've been to Harlow. It's not very nice.
London's influence on Essex is large, from proximity, and also from the fact that a lot of Londoners fled to Essex during WWII (and are the reason that Harlow exists today) so a lot of slang in Essex is from London. This includes slag, sket, slut etc. etc. The accent here is quite London-based.
They also say "ain't" a lot, though the whole 'Innit blud' is a myth. People only say that as a form of mockery. Ts at the end of words get dropped off, and sometimes in the middle as well. A'ichood instead of attitude, la'ichood instead of latitude. That's quite extreme though. People also say 'like' very often.
'Oi, mate, I'm goin' down Essex to see my gran.'
'Be careful you don' get knifed on the streets. That place is dodgy.'
'Be careful you don' get knifed on the streets. That place is dodgy.'
by Naiss January 26, 2014
Get the Essexmug.