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Chav" (/ tʃ æ v /), also "charver", "scally" and "roadman" in parts of England, is a British term, usually used in a pejorative way. The term is used to describe an anti-social lower-class youth dressed in sportswear. [ 1 ]
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Chav, a British pejorative denoting class stereotype Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class , a 2011 book by British writer Owen Jones The Chavs , British musical group
'Chav' TikTok videos are showing up on the feeds of millions of young people, and experts worry it's contributing to pervasive class prejudice.
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class is a non-fiction work by the British writer and political commentator Owen Jones, first published in 2011. [2] [3] It discusses stereotypes of sections of the British working class (and the working class as a whole) and use of the pejorative term chav.
“Tulisa really is a chav in a tracksuit as she goes to Tesco for late-night shopping,” observed the Daily Mail, elsewhere calling her “queen of the chavs” and “council estate Barbie”.
By 2006, the term chav from the South of England [16] was used across the United Kingdom with ned often seen as the synonymous Scottish term. [citation needed] Other local terms are "schemies" in Edinburgh and "scallies" in Liverpool. [17]
Another example is the word chav, which is a derogatory term for a working-class youth. This word is probably of Romani origin [12] but commonly believed to be a backronym of "council-housed and violent". [13]