chav

[Brando_#1]

Where does the word CHAV come from?

[WoWo]

There are many different conflicting sources some related to the word as an abreviation, but the most likely is the Romany word Chavi meaning man child.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chav

[Englishbird]

just locally, a chav used to be a pikey (gypsy) until it was coined for the burbury wearing pikey wannabees.

[flip-flop]

Yep, what Englishbird said - I have always known them as Pikeys, it was only when the national papers picked up on the word chav to describe this truly horrible breed that people in my part of the world started calling them chavs to avoid any confusion with gypos.

[iwbus]

I've also seen it explained as CHelmsford AVerage

[zara 4]

Clones i would say is apt,there isnt any individuals amongst them!

[Ethmer]

Chav is a slang term which has been in wide use throughout the United Kingdom since around 2000 � though probably has older, regional roots. It refers to a subcultural stereotype of a person with fashions such as flashy 'bling' jewellery and counterfeit designer clothes or sportswear, an uneducated, uncultured, impoverished background, a tendency to congregate around places such as fast-food outlets, bus stops, or other shopping areas, and a culture of antisocial behaviour.

Response to the term has ranged from amusement to criticism that it is a new manifestation of classism.

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[LazyGun]

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[thikasabrik]

council house and violent????

[rosieo]

i was told that it was Council House Adult Vermin. Isn't that horrendous?x

[cluck]

I was told it was Council House Animal Vermin. I agree wit rosieo, its cruel