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Romany word meaning "little child". Recently misappropriated by the mainstream media and used as a slur against British working class culture, while at the same time denigrating it's language of origin. To be called a chav is to be a scapegoat and effectively a "white nigger".
In many ways, both chavs and US trailer trash are 'not-quite-white', in the sense that they are seen as thieving, violent, promiscuous and thoroughly unrespectable: the very tropes that historically have been applied to Irish, Asian and Black immigrants in Europe and America.
chav by Jessica Fox July 25, 2008
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chav, this is basically not in the same group as civilized humans. they wear amazing clothes(straight off the catwalk) and show off authentic gold jewelry that only we can lust after. their language is one of maturity.

chavs=end of western civilization and must be iradicated quikly

the good thing about this is ive used big words so they wont understand this(:
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chavs are simply the dregs of human existance which generaly show them selfs as being dumb, lazy and violent.
the classic chav will hang around a lamp post shouting at anyone who walks past him and trying to start fights with inocent people, untill someone punches him in the face and couses him to run off cring to his brother/girlfriend/friends saying that they were randomly attacked for no reason
chav by OXIV August 31, 2010
A boring stupid idiot who pretends to like greenday so all the emo girls will think hes cool. Their usually short, have bad hair, and dress like gangsters. Their friends are either mentally retarded people or other chavs. Known for very bad comebacks.
girl:eww im breaking up with you ur a chav
aaron (chav):well i slept with ur mom ON THURSDAY
girl:ok whatever
aaron (chav): ur a fat goth!!!!! ooo.
girl:just shut up. ur sad.
aaron (chav): ur mom!!!!!
chav by pixiebitch July 8, 2007
People who should basically go die! They are a race of tacky, ugly people who can't seem to see everyone hates them and that they have no future/musical taste/sense of style/contraception.

See wanker scum bastard scrounger retard fail
Non-Chav: Hi
Chav: You startin mate!?! You wanna be banged out!?!
Non-Chav: *walks away*
chav by punkplatypus August 10, 2010
C.H.A.V - Council House Associated Violence

A Chav can typically come from a deprived background or has had a deprived upbringing, who feels the world owns them something for being brought up on a council estate, thus decides to lash out at people who appear better off than them. They seem to carry some kind of grudge and therefore has a violence attitude towards life, everything and anyone!! .
Chavs believe wearing their socks over their tracksuit bottoms is cool and wear caps because they’re normally butt ugly. They tend to be badly educated and sound extremely common.
Chav by pusshead March 15, 2011
In simple terms the British working class version of a Redkneck. Usually associated with youths and hoodies as well as racism, hooliganism and antisocial behaviour.
A chav someone who dresses in lower designer sports brands and cheap attire from generic mass produce shops. They are proud and patriotic and are brought through the pub culture. They are extremely easily influenced and manipulated by media and find it very difficult not to become Hipsters.

As a Stereotype it has been blurred by the media to mix in other ethnicities especially when concerning anti social behaviour however it is mostly relevant to British working class Caucasians.

Originally Chava was the word used to identify someone with cheap knock off sports branded and Burberry clothing and gold jewellery but it was later on shortened to appropriate a catchy stereotype.
Chav by Mr Controversial September 30, 2012