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Chaft is derived from the words: chav, shaft and chaff.

It refers to people, usually lower middle class, who get enjoyment pitying those worse off than them, so they get a sense of importance.

Chafts are not usually rich, but like to pretend they are more superior than those with less money or possessions than them. They think they are some how better than chavs, or they 'feel sorry' for chavs, who they say have the right to be chavs.

In reality chafts only want chavs to exist so that there is someone worse off than them to feel superior over. Chafts resent chavs who get on in the world, especially if they do better than them.
Person A: Ever since my mom's friend became a magistrate she has always looked down on us.

Person B: She probably thinks she is more important than she is now she can decide whether or not people go to prison. She is just a chaft really.
Chaft by Dzon March 10, 2013
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An abbreviated version of F in the chat
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chaftwhaling 

The act of going out to pick up overweight women
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Guy 2: He is dude, every girl he hits on is heavier than the last.
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hobo chaff 

The act of swinging your arm overhead while releasing a handful of nickles in a large circle like a spray from a lawn sprinkler in order to disperse a mob of panhandling bums, creating a diversion so you can bug-out from the area.

Originated on AR15.COM by Team members SmokeyJ and Trumpet.
"I was comin' out of the liquor store with a case of Colt45 Malt Liquor when six street people started hounding me for money or my brews, so I bladed at 45 degrees, released a burst of hobo chaff, and then booked the other way when they scurried for the change."
hobo chaff by silent-m August 5, 2009
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