Submitted 4 months ago by TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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 changed? I always knew CHAV as Council Housing, Aggressive and Violent
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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” :)
Boozilla@lemmy.world 4 months ago
0ndead@infosec.pub 4 months ago
They’re a troll, and this is not their first account. For whatever reason this their favorite topic.
Boozilla@lemmy.world 4 months ago