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I'm glad someone else started this thread. Now I have an excuse to badger the UK members of this site for slang meaning upgrades!

I've been wondering...what exactly is a "chav?"

I think I know this, but just wanna make sure...

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OMG that's the $64,000 question!

It's sooooo hard to define a chav. In general they are youths of less than perfect social background, who dress in a certain way (usually lots of brand name sports wear) have certain fetishes for 'designer' labels, especially Burberry and wear lots of large, chunky, cheap jewellery. Richer chavs may manage to buy jewellery and gear that IS expensive, but still manages to look cheap!

They also have a tendancy to name their kids (of which there are usually many of varying races and ages in each family) names which in the US, are probably more than acceptable, but in the UK we think are naff and embarrassing.

Celebrity Chavs include David and Victoria Beckham, Jordan and Peter, and pretty much any Brit who ever formed an R & B group!

Famous mockers of Chav culture who emulate them to the point of ridicule include a pop group called 'Goldy Lookin' Chain', Matt Lucas (in his Vicky Pollard guise) and Catherine Tate (as Lauren).

An excellent example of Chav life can usually be found by watching The Jeremy Kyle Show (think Jerry Springer for the UK). One of the most amusing things about Chavs is that the Chavs themselves are usually unaware that they are them.

http://www.chavscum.com/

This international site probably says it best!

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chav

This is the definition of a chav - usually dressed in Burberry for preference, lol. We have many where I live in the NW (though I'm not one of them ). You can usually tell who they are as they have their socks pulled over their tracksuit bottoms, Burberry caps on, sovereign rings etc...and every other word is the 'f' word lol

Hmmm...your "chavs" sorta sound like an upgraded version of what we used to call "guidos" over here...well, at least on the East Coast!

Would Rick Astley be considered a chav, since he did R&B back in the day?

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Well I've some funny Scottish words that the Scots probably don't know. Got some friends waaaaay up North who actually use these...

peedie = small
gaiy (sp?) = very (as in "It's gaiy cauld ben" = "It's very cold inside")
sharn = cowdung

Damn that's all I can think of for now. Scot's is great fun though.

American English wise, I hate the whole theatre/theater/cinema thing.

Probably not Rick Astley - he'd be considered too posh to be a chav, a bit too slick...

goldie lookin' chain these guys are pretend chavs - they take the mick out of chavvy people, so if you want to know what one looks like in the flesh have a look at this band. They're from Wales, and they're absolutely filthy - in both senses of the word..lol

So Ali G would be a chav?

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aye! he would - cos he is well chavvy, innit....

According to RW's reply here modesty is a British phrase for boobs.

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I just learned a new British phrase last night while reading one of our weekly alt newspapers: "fly-tipping."

We don't have a word or phrase for this over here...but apparently I'm guilty of doing it quite often!

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"When men worship me because of my breasts, I feel that I am an embodiment of the goddess that has become...a part of our collective human soul." — Chloe Vevrier

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