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Chavs

We all know what they are... Pikeys - Nuff said.
Hey c'mon weve all seen them
by Dot Cotton (75, Albert Sq.) November 14, 2004
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Chav

Originally an initialism meaning "Council Housed and Violent", C.H.A.V, was used on social service reports warning officials of the nature of welfare criminals in council houses. With rising numbers of outlandish and farfetched cases of welfare criminality, the tabloid papers like; The Sun; The Daily Mail and the Daily Star adopted the initialism and formed it into a word to describe the "Chav" sub-culture that was rapidly developing around 2005 with more readily available Labour benefits. The word is less commonly used now as it quickly turned into an insult as the scope of the word was very small, stereotypically referring to people wearing Burberry clothing, so anyone not acutely fitting that generalisation would be offended so when the real chavs realised how it was being used they took offense and probably walked twenty yards away from the person who had called them a chav and loudly shouted an insult followed by a threat ( or vice-versa) to gain attention and recognition from fellow chavs that they were going to kick off. This scene could still be seen in the present in poor, village type places, or any place where their is a "big fish in a little pond" scenario. The modern "chav" still has links with some of the lazy and "chavish" mannerisms that the original word summarized, it has become an insult to the poor who wear fake clothing, smell, and are illegally claiming the dole because they are too fucking lazy to work.
Refer to the Jeremy Kyle show to see typical chavs broadcasting their lives so the general public can say "yeah I'm better than that scum"

1. C.H.A.V original

2. Chav - 2005-2006 (rough)
3. Chav insult 2006- present

1. Council Housed and Violent - meaning

2. A term to refer to a person who was young, wore lots of Burberry and Jewelry and started meaningless and random arguments with bystanders and unsuspecting citizens - noun
3. "your such a chav", "errrr look at that fucking chav", "you look like a chav dressing like that",
by ChavWhore July 4, 2010
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chav

A person/group of people who go around thinking they are better than everyone else. They copy everyone else as they have no imagination of their own. With things such as music and clothing style. They tend to do nothing with their lives and spend their lives getting moved on by the police from certain places and drinking cheap alcahol.
"Hey guys, this is my new friend!"

*The group start to murmer to themselves*

"Wow thats great..."

*Group murmer to themselves again*

"oh.my.god shes a chav "
by bubblez119944 February 24, 2009
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Chav

Chav, is a derogatory term applied to certain young people that is usually heard 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 are often assumed to be unemployed or in a low paid job. The word is believe to have arisen due to stereotypes portrayed in the British sketchshow 'Little Britain'.
Vicky Pollard from Little Britain is a chav.
by jmgroupe February 18, 2009
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Chav

Faggots who act tight continually wear tracksuits, trainers, fake gold jewellery, caps(burberry normally) wear like a billion rings.. have pony tails on top of their heads.. listen to crap music mainly RAVE or RnB or watever have no self respect, are always fighting, complete THUGS, they steal and their idea of a good night is sitting in the park raving
the bit out with their cheap cider
Ha look at that big chav ..stealing their fake gold jewellery from Argos
fake
rings
gold
cider
by IHATECHAVS94 December 21, 2009
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CHAV

"you know radley wells?"
"yeah"
"he's a right chav."
"init"
by koolkidbaby January 4, 2010
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Chav

A type of girl, stereotypically from Britain in the UK

Chavs are usually found dating Roadmen, another type of person but are stereotypically boys. Chav's are the type of cocky girl you will find in Schools, Maccies (Mcdonalds), Makeup and Jewellery shops.

They act like they're middle class though they usually go to a PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Chav 1: U seen my new Boyfriend
Chav 2: Oh Yeah, Josh, He's prehy handsome in't he?
Chav 1: Ya
by DumbassFromBritain March 10, 2022
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