As I understand it a definative "chav" is a person from a working class background who has fallen upon good fortune and gained a small wealth (possibly from the outrageous British property market or by being employed as a proffesional football player). As opposed to bettering themselves or investing said gains a "chav" proceeds to spend their financial winfall on overpriced "fashion" labels and garish jewellery (always gold). A "chav" as I now commonly use the word has become a label for teenagers to twenty-somethings who exercise boorish behaviour, commonly found congregating around local shops and telephone boxes for the teenage "chav" and in national chain "Wine-bars" for the over 18 versions. I have also read that the term "chav" is a modern version of the word "yuppie" but as opposed to a ponytail, mobile phone and shiny polyester suit a "chav" dons a magnitude of gold that would make Mr T jealous, a baseball cap (the more jaunty the angle the better) and clothing with someone elses name written all over it ie; Fred Perry, Henry LLoyd ect.....
Examples of "chavs" in the social limelight are Colleen Rooney, The Sugababes (especially Mutya, which is such a fitting name) and most proffesional footballers.
by MichaelJ July 24, 2008
Get the chavmug. by ilikebigbutss April 26, 2020
Get the chavmug. many ask me “what is a chav” and i simply say back to them
“why it is someone who looks like a walking adidas or nike advert” this meaning that all they ever seem to wear is nike and adidas 👌🏻
“why it is someone who looks like a walking adidas or nike advert” this meaning that all they ever seem to wear is nike and adidas 👌🏻
by megxnellee July 9, 2019
Get the chavmug. Someone who is rude, disruptive, wears fake designer brands and usually listens to grime music. They are based in the the U.K. and their headquarters is the outside of mc donald’s where they smoke their older brothers cigarettes, wearing adidas’s or nike tracksuits. If you come to england please avoid these types at all costs.
by zoeee:) November 4, 2019
Get the chavmug. A chav is a Northern English term for one who is all things lowly. A chav's sole purpose in life is to cause chaos and disturb the peace of others
After repeatedly impersonating his wife over the phone and bringing humiliation upon his friends, Ryan was dubbed the local chav of the greater Seattle area...
by outhereforasec December 1, 2019
Get the chavmug. Charlie Marsh, an example of a chav. Long story short he wears Nike AirMax 95s, Adidas tracksuits, cheats on every girlfriend he has and runs away like a pussy when someone threatens him - Generally a cunt
by DoYuKnoDeWae January 9, 2018
Get the chavmug. 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.
by Jessica Fox July 25, 2008
Get the chavmug.