Submitted 1 day ago by TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Chav -
“A person in Britain of a type stereotypically known for engaging in aggressively loutish behavior especially when in groups and for wearing flashy jewelry and athletic casual clothing (such as tracksuits and baseball caps)”
That is a more accurate description, class isn’t really anything to do with it, it is more about the behaviour, attitude and style.
Has the meaning since changed? When I look up the term, I mostly get pages saying it’s a classist insult towards the working class, which is quite different from your description.
Are you just looking for things to be offended about? Is that any way to live?
They’re a troll, and this is not their first account. For whatever reason this their favorite topic.
Thanks. I have wasted my time yet again!
They don’t see chav as a racial slur, as they don’t view it as part of race, I think.
I read this in Sazed’s accent, from Mistborn. He used to finish sentences with “I think” :)
erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
“Chav” doesn’t mean working class though. It’s a type of working class person, sure, but not all working class people by any stretch.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.