Submitted 3 months ago by TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Chav does not mean “working class people” and is not a “slur”.
You’ve got to be the same person with the chav fetish looking for a “polite” chav synonym for your romantic interests and then attacking people.
If you don’t like that word, don’t use it so much.
Gonna need a source.
Also chav /= working class, no matter how much you make this claim and continue to post it.
Quit posting this nonsense under different accounts.
Chav is NOT a derogatory term for working class folks.
This is what I’m going to reply every time you post this garbage.
The Cambridge English Dictionary defines chav as “an insulting word for someone, usually a young person, whose way of dressing, speaking, and behaving is thought to show their lack of education and low social class.”
dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/…/chav
It’s based on behaviour.
Most people think they’re middle class and it’s easy to punch down, that’s really all there is to it.
When I was young I remember asking my parents “are we rich or poor?” and I was told we were middle class, it stands out because at the time I didn’t know what that meant. Looking back we were absolutely working class. We were in one of the worst parts of the city and literally just the corner was a street well known for gang violence and crime. The one time I called the cops after being attacked there when they arrived they made sure they were parked in view of security cameras and even called to have sure the cameras were on then and working. Also the only “help” they have was telling me to do it because it wasn’t worth the effort.
We were only slightly better off than everyone else living there, we actually owned our home when many of them were in council housing.
Easy (and absolutely not limited to the UK): they don’t see themselves as being part of that social “group”, they see themselves as someone better/above them. An age-old human trait, really.
Divide and rule. A tale as old as capitalism.
“Chav” doesn’t mean “working class” in the same way that “penguin” doesn’t mean “bird”.
Heck, some of the chavs I know wouldn’t know work if it hit them.
Chavs are a tiny subset of working class people, in the same way that penguins are a tiny subset of birds.
I live in a northern mill town. Most of my very large extended family are working class (it’d probably be a bit disingenuous for me to claim that I still am, though). They would look at you like you were an idiot if you tried to convince them that chav means them.
Chavs are the kids who hang around with expensive trainers and caps, who have absolutely no qualms about being a nuisance to other people.
They represent a tiny proportion of the working class, and any criticism of them is specifically targeted at them.
Your entire English culture was built on classism.
Duh.
serpineslair@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not this again… Chav isn’t a fucking slur, if you think it is, then you aren’t using it right.
BlackArtist@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’d argue you aren’t using it right, Chav is definitely a slur & Owen Jones would agree it’s a slur. So if you ‘used it right’ what would it be?
serpineslair@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Modern day wannabe-gangster tracksuit wearer. Causing trouble, giving other people a hard time cus it makes em feel bigger. Who the fuck is Owen Jones anyway?
Where are you from anyway?