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erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  A journalist wrote a book on the topic. It seems to refer to the working class as a whole

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  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    One journalist writing a book doesn’t make something true. Chav is not a slur for the working class.

    I’m a working class man from a working class area in the UK, and the vast majority of people here have never been described as chavs and never would.

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  • Casino2306@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Someone wrote a book to make money.

    That doesn’t affect the actual way the word is used. It’s used more to describe a lifestyle than anything.

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  • bryndos@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Hmmn, a "journalist" . . . that's a much worse slur, the way I use English.

    I'd far rather have a pint with a chav than any fucking journo.

    I agree with previous comment. Chav is a subculture that partially intersects with most other classes, except probably no overlap with fully inbred level pure-toffs. I'd say well over half of working class would not be classed as chav.

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  • zxqwas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m not a Brit, but when I hear chav it’s not working class I think of. It’s someone young, skipping school and some unholy mix of gopnik and mumble rapper.

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