(n) Bilious invective directed at poor people by insecure, empty-headed 'readers' of 'Heat' magazine and the Daily Mail. An acceptable form of class snobbery for people who are too 'right-on' (or perhaps just too poor) to join a country club.
A concept invented by media cokeheads to give underpaid, overworked middle class bores something to look down on and prevent them rebelling against the people who sell them for pennies every single day of the year.
A concept invented by media cokeheads to give underpaid, overworked middle class bores something to look down on and prevent them rebelling against the people who sell them for pennies every single day of the year.
"Look at that Adrian. Some dirty chavs! I'm glad we've got our over-mortgaged little shoe-box and our Vauxhall Nova so we can see how we're different from them."
by Dazzla July 16, 2008
Get the chav mug.chavs tend to think there " 'ard as balls" wich leads to how stupid they are. as balls arnt hard at all. they use idiotic phrases that nobody understands like "its the dogs bollacks" and use made up words as insults.
they tend to wear tracksuit trousers, that they probberly "nicked" from their local grocery store. they always want to fight but only when they have their friends with them.
the girls wear short skirts and have sex with anything that moves, even a street post if the wind is strong enough. they wear tight shirts and wear a ton of make up, but it still dosnt hide their "mingin'" faces.
avoid chavs at all cost. they are sum.
they tend to wear tracksuit trousers, that they probberly "nicked" from their local grocery store. they always want to fight but only when they have their friends with them.
the girls wear short skirts and have sex with anything that moves, even a street post if the wind is strong enough. they wear tight shirts and wear a ton of make up, but it still dosnt hide their "mingin'" faces.
avoid chavs at all cost. they are sum.
by zip1994 October 27, 2010
Get the chav mug.Pejorative term, typically employed by timid middle-class teens to describe their poorer, more aggressive working-class brethren.
Its use often reflects both a fear of its target and a deeply unpleasant sense of social superiority. Parallel fears of relative poverty can be found throughout history, from worries about Victorian street urchins to contempt for medieval peasants.
Its users arguably deserve every bit of grief they get from those they describe as such.
Its use often reflects both a fear of its target and a deeply unpleasant sense of social superiority. Parallel fears of relative poverty can be found throughout history, from worries about Victorian street urchins to contempt for medieval peasants.
Its users arguably deserve every bit of grief they get from those they describe as such.
by zebedee_06 November 6, 2006
Get the chav mug.Did you hear what happned today? It was Gareth Southgate's first game in charge of Boro at the Riverside... They beat the Chavs 2-1!
by Kaz_uk August 23, 2006
Get the The Chavs mug.A male British person of (generally) low socio-economic status with a characteristic clothing style, dialect, and mode of consumer activity.
A chav is generally cunning and resourceful and invokes fear amongst his more passive and uncreative contemporaries. The character the "artful dodger" from Dickens' "Oliver Twist" represents the archetypal chav: poor and lacking in ambition, but clever, witty, and fond of creative-poetic language. The authentic "cockney", long since vanished from London, might also be considered a type of proto-chav.
The term "chav" is almost exclusively used in a derogatory sense by out-group persons, most commonly lower or middle-class British persons actively seeking to establish a more prestigious socio-economic status and the corresponding identity.
The term - and the emotional and negative connotations associated therewith - (see the vast majority of the other definitions above) can be considered the latest manifestation of the typically rigid British conception of class-consciousness.
A chav is generally cunning and resourceful and invokes fear amongst his more passive and uncreative contemporaries. The character the "artful dodger" from Dickens' "Oliver Twist" represents the archetypal chav: poor and lacking in ambition, but clever, witty, and fond of creative-poetic language. The authentic "cockney", long since vanished from London, might also be considered a type of proto-chav.
The term "chav" is almost exclusively used in a derogatory sense by out-group persons, most commonly lower or middle-class British persons actively seeking to establish a more prestigious socio-economic status and the corresponding identity.
The term - and the emotional and negative connotations associated therewith - (see the vast majority of the other definitions above) can be considered the latest manifestation of the typically rigid British conception of class-consciousness.
Setting: public space in any English city. Two pedestrians are approached by a young person dressed in a track suit and a "Burberry" hat.
"Oi, gimme a fag, geezer"
"Sorry?"
"a fuckin' cig, mosha"
"Oh, sorry, I don't smoke"
"'id I say you should talk? Shut the fuck up and get out outta my sight"
Two pedestrians continue on their way. The first, non-smoking pedestrian, seeks to counter his humiliation by addressing the second pedestrian:
"Fuckin' chav."
(nervous laughter)
"Oi, gimme a fag, geezer"
"Sorry?"
"a fuckin' cig, mosha"
"Oh, sorry, I don't smoke"
"'id I say you should talk? Shut the fuck up and get out outta my sight"
Two pedestrians continue on their way. The first, non-smoking pedestrian, seeks to counter his humiliation by addressing the second pedestrian:
"Fuckin' chav."
(nervous laughter)
by Dik van Dyke April 12, 2007
Get the chav mug.The term 'chav' has been broadened, and there are many things that define a chav. A chav is usually rude, common, and a fashion freak. The males will wear caps and pristeen white trainers, tracksuits and coats that cling to the waist. The females also sport these coats, but will wear huuuuuuuuuuge earrings (usually hoops) shirts with logos, boots (usually Ugg or slouch boots at present) Can wear jeans or short skirts, often denim or 'raa-raa skirts' as they have been heard to be called. They wear lots of make-up, and are often orange with foundation. They seem to enjoy meandering about in large groups, drinking cheap alcohol, making cheap shots at passers by, and saying things like 'innit' and 'wha'ever.' The comic character Vicky Pollard is an only very slightly exaggerated version of a chav. They will only attack in large groups, and sometimes the males will mutter things as one walks past, often derogatory and very rarely complimentary. The 'brave' ones will pick fights with lone geeks or Goths, whereas others will even more bravely yell obscene things as they pass in their cars (usually blaring crap music) or spit in one's hair.
A geek is walking past, innocently carrying a bag of shopping in one hand, and perhaps a book in the other. The geek is unfortunate enough to have to pass a bus shelter under which some chavs are hiding from the rain. The geek contemplates - is it worth crossing the road? No - the geek will stick it out. The geek passes through, its eyes flickering onto those of a female chav, who says, 'What you lookin' at, enit?" The geek says nothing. If it is lucky, it might escape unscathed, but insulted. If it is unlucky, it will be beaten up or spat upon by the male chavs, while the female chavs scream or shout encouragement, while drinking aforementioned cheap alchohol.
by Lime Powell July 16, 2008
Get the chav mug.Okay everyone, I've read over several definitions of a Chav, and determined the American equivalent.
A 'Chav' in America would be a Bro, with certain Ricer and a Wigger traits infused, with the exceptions that Bros wear dirt biking apparel instead of premium designer clothing, and 'make up' trucks instead of Novas.
The equivalent of the Chavette would be the Bro Hoe. Bleached blonde on top, dark on bottom. Not as fertile as Chavettes, but never without a pack of cigarettes and thick eye liner.
A 'Chav' in America would be a Bro, with certain Ricer and a Wigger traits infused, with the exceptions that Bros wear dirt biking apparel instead of premium designer clothing, and 'make up' trucks instead of Novas.
The equivalent of the Chavette would be the Bro Hoe. Bleached blonde on top, dark on bottom. Not as fertile as Chavettes, but never without a pack of cigarettes and thick eye liner.
See that Bro over there, wearing his shiny Fox wifebeater, chilling in his alcoholic stepdad's trashed out, raised F150. If he were English he'd be such a Chav.
"She's a down low bro hoe Chavette fo sho" - Dead in Ditches by Hollywood Undead
"She's a down low bro hoe Chavette fo sho" - Dead in Ditches by Hollywood Undead
by Tacit Knowledge February 20, 2009
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