Chavs

[Rachi]

Do you like chavs? My mate and i were arguing about this earlier
SHe said chavs are stupid because they thretened my best mates bro! wowee i really care xD i said all chavs arnt stupid coz im part chav im a nice chav tho.. SHe said he didnt do anything and a chav came up n thretened him coz e was playing hide n seek She said he wasn't ! him and his mates were playing hide and seak behind the cars in the car park and they werent anywhere near the cars they were at least 1 meter away from it and this boi held him up by the neck and said "if u even touch my car i will burn your face with the lighter" and he was just about 2 flick it when he ran away.. All chavs arnt stupid are they? Some are like vandalists but most of them are ok. Please post your views on this :)

[the wombats]

ok you have posted this twice

[MYKE!]

Is a chav the same thing as a scallie?

[Fruitbox.]

People have there different ideas as to what 'chavs' are. Some say they wear fake designers such a Burberry. My idea of a chav is someone who weears a cap with their hoodie over it. They walk around the streets thinkin they're 'bad' and they threaten and mug people. If you go onto fat-pie.com theres a mick-take of chavs which the site owner made... He's called Devvo. He's the type of chav i'm talking about.. you should watch some...

[Rachi]

Err i dno lol
Chavs are people who go around like in trackies and stuff and fred perry clothes

[gum]

i dislike most chavs - a few of my mates are but if they act like some chavs like vandalizing an thinking there bad then i just punch em and tell em to **** off

[Rachi]

All chavs aint bad tho..

[MYKE!]

People have there different ideas as to what 'chavs' are. Some say they wear fake designers such a Burberry. My idea of a chav is someone who weears a cap with their hoodie over it. They walk around the streets thinkin they're 'bad' and they threaten and mug people. If you go onto fat-pie.com theres a mick-take of chavs which the site owner made... He's called Devvo. He's the type of chav i'm talking about.. you should watch some...

thats what i'd call a scallie

grr scallies! :@

[gum]

All chavs aint bad tho..
i never said they were. i class chavs as rudebois and wanna be ghetto

[Rachi]

Hmm... chavs sound better xD
I LOOOOVEEEE FRED PERRY CLOTHES

[lauralol]

I don't like the way everyone talks about them..
It's just stereotyping again! Why do people do it? I don't see why some people have to class certain people as 'chavs'
From the way you describe them, all of my family on my dad's side and most of my friends are chavs but I still love them <3

[Rachi]

Have u seen the thread someone posted about chavs? Like jokes? Thats mean.. Its like being racist.. Black people and white people you cudn change those jokes and they wud be really offensive 2 him.

[gum]

i'm a goth :D what are you guys?

[Rachi]

Im part chav part trendy
Chav YA know wat one of them is wel i am kinda
and a trendy.. fasionable clothes ect.. ya get me ;)

[manga21]

i realy hate chavs look at this he is from my city watch the frsit one http://www.fat-pie.com/chavs.htm
cahvs tried to steal my bike and hit me and theres loads of em on part on motor bikes at like 8:00am in the moring and wakes me up arghhh my bro is scared to go near them in case they do something to us some are bad just msot of them are dont bad rep me for my opion someone did before

[Mentor]

Streotypeing chav's?

A chav is a streotype. People can choose to be one or not to be one, depeding on how they choose to dress or act.
But people have diffenet opions on what a chav is. a chav not acta;ly be a real grouping, and just a name for those who consider themslevs chav's "/ which is for the most part not seen as a good thing.

If you are not a strotypical chav, your not a chav, just as if your not a striotypical goth, your not a goth "/

I personly think this sort of groupings are a bit sad, but if people want to lable themslves to make them feel like they fit in more, thats there bissiness, i personal am much happyer just being me

[Luckyrare]

Gawd. I hate how some towns call them Chavs!
Scalls :p
Ummmmmm

TN Cap
Anything :p
Trackies
TN's or Shoks

[Rachi]

Shox and trackie bottoms, fred perry tops/jumper some girl chavs wear white like heans almost see-through trousers.. LOL i love da shox and fred perry tops xD not the trousers tho

[Luayminator]

I dont hate chavs, cuz I am a chav.

[Rachi]

Some chavs are ok.. my mate is a chav...shez a nice chav so am i [i think] :s

[Tash.]

I h8 to stereotype certain ppl as chavs. But the ppl i do deserve it! They walk around acting all 'Hard' and playin up in class and stuff. Sometimes its funny to watch but others its so annoyin! Plus most of the people who i class as 'chavs' aren't nice people and laugh at other pplz expense!

[Rachi]

U have got a point there..
But u cud say the same about goths and punks

[Tash.]

Nah not really i kno quite a few goths and they're all quite wacky and funny. Never mean cos they're targeted alot by others.

[Corey777]

I don't like the way everyone talks about them..
It's just stereotyping again! Why do people do it? I don't see why some people have to class certain people as 'chavs'
From the way you describe them, all of my family on my dad's side and most of my friends are chavs but I still love them <3

I agree with you there. Some of them aren't great people, but it is wrong to say that all chavs are the same and all chavs like to cause trouble.


My idea of a chav is someone who weears a cap with their hoodie over it.

How can you tell if someone is a chav by what they are wearing? I could go out dressed in all black and white powder on my face, but that still wouldn't make me a goth. It is just the way some goths or in this case chavs look.

[Steph]

I hate chavs..grrr..they think they "well 'ard" and it just proper annoys me how they think they are better than everyone else and have the right to beat everyone up. When people say that all chavs arn't that bad; it's because the ones you know arn't "proper chavs"

[Bef]

Well... I grew up with the chaviest of the chavs i guess lol. I dont judge anyone, me, myself, ye sometimes il wear addidas or nike but i guess im more individual. Nenywho... There are some "Chavs" who yes are total jerks but most arent. People think there all bad ye. Well i grew up in council estates, my mother an alchy. And the majority of people in my estates were lovely people, u wud get ur weirdos and that but hey! Thing is us council kids, we aint got much money so ye we cant go cinema or shopping or 2 the pub, clubs so ye they r gunna cause trouble, i mean a bottle of white lightning and a can of spray paint, costs less then a trip to the cinema. Anyway o, chaffing... It is now 6:00am... i have had 3 hours sleep in 3 days. Mission portable toilet you can fit in your bag is still in progress....

[Rachi]

:o
LOL

Welll chavs u can jus tell.. lol buy wat they r wearin

[Rob]

Nobody bad rep me for this, but i hate chavs, I know u'll all bad rep me now. lol
I'm a skater/punk and when i'm skatin with my mates,chavs try and start fights.
If they did touch us though we'd smack'em round the head with our boards :eusa_sile
I think I'm what I am because my dad owns a music shop,and I get to know people out of bands, and i'm in a band myself.
So I've grown up in a rock n roll life.

[Pulchritudinous]

The majority of chavs vandalise and make ruthless comments to people in public, and yet seem to be proud of being a 'chav'.
Therefore I don't understand why people say 'Don't be stereo-typical about chavs', when they are being stereo-typical themselves by labelling themselves.

To be honest I'm just me, I don't really wanna be a chav, I don't really see anything appealing about vandalising things, smoking and stuff, and most chavs do it to impress eachother.

Why wish to call yourself a chav, when you 'don't do anything bad', I'm not exactly sure what chav stands for, but it's nothing nice, so if you want to be perceived as being a friendly person, I suggest you stop labelling yourself.

Council House Average Vermin
or
Council House Adult Vermin

[SkaKid77]

Labelling people by how they dress or what music they listen to is pretty stupid. I listen to all kinds of music (except RnB/Hip Hop etc) and dress however i want to.

People may class me as a Punk, or a Skater or whatever...the truth is i dont care.

The people known to act in a way which is stereotypically a "Chav" are also really annoying, I dont mind the fact they dress in (what i would consider) clothes i wore back in Year 6 or something, or that they wear gold jewellery.

What really annoys me is that they make their cars loud and have no care for the speed limits or other people on the road. They also give you a really evil look if you dont look like them, or start a fight if its 3 or more on 1.

The media hype surrounding "Chavs" is also annoying me, they go around terrorising people and society but get praise from the media, and celebreties dressing like them to be "cool"

They should all grow up and stop acting like they do.

[Rachi]

My mate is a chav she aint a terroriser she dont go around spray paintin fings.

[SkaKid77]

My mate is a chav she aint a terroriser she dont go around spray paintin fings.

I was referring to sterotypical chavs, it seems your friend has labelled herself, or other people labelled her a chav.

[ChloeDust]

I haven't got any chav mates so i wouldn't know but for instance, my brother is a sk8r mosha thing and he went to the fair with his mates and this girl got beat up (Who he was walking with) by a chav for her money, people like this make me sick, also this dude called breffeni whos a nice boy hes really friendly and harmless basically, he got punched in the face by a chav for no reason, they were just picking fights people like that upset me and i find it upsetting. =[ I dont go to those sort of fairs anymore due to these type people but i am not saying they are all like that because they aint, just the really annoying 'Think they are hard' chavs. I personally don't see myself as anything? Just a normal person who listens and wears what ever i want lol, i don't stick to a certain look or type of music or w/e to fit in, i wear and listen to w/e i please :)

[Rachi]

Chavs aint people that go around killing people and ruinin things like with grafitti.. its the way they dress aswel as someone told me

[SkaKid77]

Chavs aint people that go around killing people and ruinin things like with grafitti.. its the way they dress aswel as someone told me

Mostly its the way they are dressed, and it is the way they act, whether its being loud or obnoxious, OR running around starting fights and just generally being anti-social.

[Fruitbox.]

i never said they were. i class chavs as rudebois and wanna be ghetto

-Agrees-
... where im from [Luton] it's reportedly the worst town in the country. Theres major chavs that surround the town.. i never go there now. i always go shopping in London or go Milton Keynes - my school is like 95% chavs! literally!! The crimes are bad but not too bad if you know what i mean. the part on Luton where im from isnt that bad either.. i'm just glad that i dont have to live in a dump and i dont come from a broken family. I don't mean to be big-headed or anything but my family is quite well-off. I'm use to wearing designers now so when i see chavs wearking like fake deisngers im just like "Ugh... chav!!" My friend isnt a chav she just comes from the roughest area of Luton she isnt chavvy at all...it's just wear she lives. Luckily people don't stereotype her... i'm guessing 'Chav' will die out one day... im sure... probably... :x

[Owen]

whos chaves?

[Angel-Light]

No offense to anybody ok, but I detest chavs(or neds as they are called up here) They always pick on the weak people(like me) and it really makes you feel low. Now I have suffered bullying in the past(and at this present moment) from chavs thinking they are all hard because they wear what they call "style" and smoke. I mean the neds at my school always pick on the goths, at certain times (mainly 3) the police have had to become involved as they were getting blood out of the goths! Ok not all chavs are hateful but most of them are. It really hurts especially if your friend from primary school turns into a chav and starts picking on you because you follow the dress code, stay inside the rules and not wear the most trendiest clothes.

Now myself, I don't wear fashion labels as I think what's the point? It comes into fashion and goes back out of fashion. A t-shirt, fleece, joggy bottoms would suit me fine as I feel most comfortable and more myself in those rather than designer burberry or whatever.

Sorry to all the chavs out there who are nice, do not take offense to this. Another thing is "Happy Slapping" what fun is it to see another person crying in pain and possible end up in hospital with head injuries?? WHY??

Ok I'm done now and thank you for reading this :)

[Rachi]

and fred perry clothes with shox on :)

[Bef]

Council House Average Vermin
or
Council House Adult Vermin

Thanks. See this is another WRONG way that people see others. You may think that people living in a council house are all good for nothing "Chavs" NO! I lived in council housing till i was 14. The majority of my neighbours and friends were actually lovely people who had just been messed up in one way or another. Single mothers whod left bad relationships penniless. Disabled people who couldnt work ect. Ye, i guess there is more trouble in council estates. Kids can't afford to do what others are doing, like going cinema, shopping ect. Like i said before, A bottle of White lightning and A can of spray paints costs less then what most kids do on there weekends. In the Council flats i used to live in, Tagging was a way of life. We were kind of in a bit of a turf war with a richer area. They used to come to the flats and tag there names all over the place, drink alcohol on our doorsteps and cause trouble. They were using our home as a kind of free house. Coming to us and causing these problems. My brothers and sisters used to get woken up by them skateboarding around and playing knock knock ginger on our door in the middle of the night. If someone treated your home like this you'd be angry wouldn't u? So we would try our best to cover up there tags with our own... and then go fown to the rich areas and spray paint there garages.

[FRISC0]

If they go around causing trouble i think being called a chav is probably a privalidge to them :s "Ooooo look at me! ima har-nut chav!" Pfft newbs xD

[*.Glitter.Rip.*]

ASBO's.. Im trying to have friends. I dont have many because most are chavs but Im going to hit a real jerk and beat him up in front of everyone. I hit him in class so why not? Outside school and with everyone watching. Then Im going to fit in with everyone instead of being constantly embarrest and lonley. I never go outside and now im going to do both and have fun for the next year of total fun then back to a learning bug. The only way to have respect is to be at the top. Ive done it before so I will do it again.

[ChloeDust]

Eh? :S What dya mean?

[Matty]

Im the kinda person that wears sporty stuff :p like nike.
Unless im goign sumwhere worth dressijgn up.

[Pulchritudinous]

Thanks. See this is another WRONG way that people see others. You may think that people living in a council house are all good for nothing "Chavs" NO! I lived in council housing till i was 14. The majority of my neighbours and friends were actually lovely people who had just been messed up in one way or another. Single mothers whod left bad relationships penniless. Disabled people who couldnt work ect. Ye, i guess there is more trouble in council estates. Kids can't afford to do what others are doing, like going cinema, shopping ect. Like i said before, A bottle of White lightning and A can of spray paints costs less then what most kids do on there weekends. In the Council flats i used to live in, Tagging was a way of life. We were kind of in a bit of a turf war with a richer area. They used to come to the flats and tag there names all over the place, drink alcohol on our doorsteps and cause trouble. They were using our home as a kind of free house. Coming to us and causing these problems. My brothers and sisters used to get woken up by them skateboarding around and playing knock knock ginger on our door in the middle of the night. If someone treated your home like this you'd be angry wouldn't u? So we would try our best to cover up there tags with our own... and then go fown to the rich areas and spray paint there garages.

I also lived in a council house, until my mum and dad got decent jobs, so none of what you said matters to me, because I was simply stating what it stood for, thats where the word came from, I didn't exactly make it up, so go moan at the person who did.

[Bef]

O well, where does it say thats what it means? it felt like it was a title u said. and i was just pointing out that it was unfair.

[Pulchritudinous]

O well, where does it say thats what it means? it felt like it was a title u said. and i was just pointing out that it was unfair.

I know it's unfair, I got it from a website, then I looked around other websites to check, (from google).
I don't think many people realise it stands for something.

[Bef]

I sure didnt, i thought it was u being a meanie, Sorry aimee :P
That meaning is real predigist (cant spell) It all is, i mean. They dont think themselves as chavs. Every area is different but round here if u went calling people chavs cos they live in council ud really offend them. Its rude! I mean if it was the colour of ur skin u were being judged on then there would be a big uproar but it aint, its the place u live!!

[Pulchritudinous]

I sure didnt, i thought it was u being a meanie, Sorry aimee :P
That meaning is real predigist (cant spell) It all is, i mean. They dont think themselves as chavs. Every area is different but round here if u went calling people chavs cos they live in council ud really offend them. Its rude! I mean if it was the colour of ur skin u were being judged on then there would be a big uproar but it aint, its the place u live!!

S'ok.

I don't understand why these kids who just like rebelling, are basically saying they live in a council house, when they don't, and that they are vermin, I'd like to ask them why an earth they like calling themselves a chav.

[Bef]

http://users.boardnation.com/~effingpot/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=2324
Hmm im looking up what chav means, it seems to have loads of dif meanings.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=the+word+chav+means&meta=
check them out!!

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Re:Slang words you could add to the list!
« Reply #1 on: March 1, 2005, 12:04:06 AM »

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Nice list!!

But...chav comes from Romany slang via Kent...nothing to do with Cheltehnham (although I have seen your definition and others on some websites).

The Medway Towns (Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham) in North Kent always had a big population of settled gypsies/travellers. For as long as I can remember (and I'm 40) they have called each other 'chavi' which is Romany/Didacoi for 'kid'. It just means 'mate' when they use it like this. I used to work as a labourer on a farm when I was 16 and there were a few gypsies there too. I remember the word being used loads. In the 1970s, local non Gypsy Kent people started using the word chavvie to mean townie, pikey, uncouth/uncultured/criminal person. Therefore, I was saying 'chav' 20/30 years ago and to me it is not at all a new word. Our grotty little town has been beaming with 'pride' that our slang has spread over the entire nation in a year.

It makes sense if you think about it. I come from a town that is probably most famous for chavs of anywhere...certainly anywhere in the south. And Cheltenham is pretty posh!

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/oald/wotm/wotm_archive/chav/

'Pikey' is also a slang word that has changed over time. You might not say it where you are...it's a pretty much ****ney/South eastern word. Related to the above, a pikey used to be a settled gyspy, or a half-gypsy...depending on who you ask. In some areas of the SE it still means that...but a lot of younger kids use it interchangably with chav...meaning white trash, townie etc.

What I don't know is the origin of townie. We never said it when I was a kid. I mean...most of us live in towns so it doesn't seem to make sense

[Pulchritudinous]

Yeah I found there was a lot of dispute over whether it came from cheltenham, or what I'd already said.
If it stands for the cheltenham average, meaning tarty women or whatever, the girls are calling themselves slappers, and the boys are simply calling themselves women.

[Butcher11]

People have there different ideas as to what 'chavs' are. Some say they wear fake designers such a Burberry. My idea of a chav is someone who weears a cap with their hoodie over it. They walk around the streets thinkin they're 'bad' and they threaten and mug people. If you go onto fat-pie.com theres a mick-take of chavs which the site owner made... He's called Devvo. He's the type of chav i'm talking about.. you should watch some...

There's always going to be bad apples from every group, you can't blame them all for some of their bad behavior.
And from some of the ridiculous prejudice against them, makes me wonder who the truly bad ones are. :rolleyes:

[Rachi]

:O
6 pages lol wow :D

Chavs.. ppl thinmk they are bad. all chavs aint bad.. most are but the minority [i heart that @ skl] r nice

[pva-matt]

Why doesn't everyone stop ****ing having a go at 'chavs' people should be entitled to dress how they like and act how they like within reason so all you people saying ahhh I hate chavs, just shut the **** up and **** off!

[Pulchritudinous]

Why doesn't everyone stop ****ing having a go at 'chavs' people should be entitled to dress how they like and act how they like within reason so all you people saying ahhh I hate chavs, just shut the **** up and **** off!

Sorry but when I'm at school being bullied by chavs everyday, you cannot say 'let them act how they want', as for the dressing part I don't care, that's not the point.
It's not girls that bully me it's boys, and they are chavs, sorry to stereo-type but I've had enough of them, they are pathetic, one threw a stone at my head the other day for nothing, I was eating on the field when it hit me on the head, and all they do is laugh, and I'm sure if you were being bullied you wouldn't say, 'let them act how they want'.

[cocaine]

Please don't laugh, but what are chavs?

[Pulchritudinous]

Please don't laugh, but what are chavs?

The majority of them are yobs, bullies and crowd-followers.

[Rachi]

OMG OMGGGG
ye lol wat she sed ^^^^^^^^^^^
n some of em fink dey r big n everyfin
and go around in fred perry
:P

[pva-matt]

and all of you who talk like that are ****in ******s

[Rachi]

LOL
Wats wif so many stars :o


Anywayyyyyyyy
6 PAGES OF CHAVS :o
LOL


Do u like chavs?
R u a chav?
R u part of a gang with chavs?

[Mentor]

As in all chav topics, im now spreading around googles deffition of chav :D

Chav is a derogatory slang term currently in popular usage throughout England. It refers to a subculture negatively-stereotyped as being uneducated, uncultured and prone to antisocial or immoral behavior. The label is typically (although not exclusively) applied to teenagers and young adults of white working class or lower-middle class origin. A male chav is sometimes referred to as a chavster and a female as a chavette, although chav is typically used to refer to both sexes.

[Rachi]

Yup! What e sed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

And they wear fred perry :)
my bday is in about 6 months... LOL i know wat i want already
FRED PERRYY :)

[Clo]

I don't like chavs that are really scandalous and there's no need to be.
Erm, i'm a townie, but not a chav.

[Rachi]

Clo r u clo. from habbo or another clo?? im confused



wts diffrence between chavs n townies?

[/Rossco\]

u say the majority of chavs(NEDs) arn't bad however, i would disagree, most of them are minks and are likely and most hopefully will go 2 jail later in life, they are vandals, i had 5 neds kick in the side of my car! and square up to me, a bunch of wimps if u ask me, 5 of them? on 1?

[Rachi]

Hmm
Chavs arnt necisaraly vandalists
The way they dresss mainly gives them their name
It just happened 2 be that most of them habe mental problems :)

[Yoda05]

YOU ARE A CHAV AND I DONT LIKE YOUR FISH LIPS THEY SMELL

[Yoda05]

You are fit please be my friend

[Bef]

Aaaahh still going on bout this r we! Lol.

[Rachi]

LOL
Yeh
Chavs
chavs
:D
7 pages
mwuhahaha

[Rachi]

ehehehehehhhhhhhhhhehehhehehehhhhhhhhh
:D
another post :)

[Digital]

Chavs love rockports

[Clo]

Clo r u clo. from habbo or another clo?? im confused



wts diffrence between chavs n townies?

I'm Clo from habbo not Clo. :s
And Chavs Are Worse Than Townies, As Townies Just Dress Like Chavs Sometimes But Don't Do Damage. Can't Explain It Really.
{[Whoever Said The Thing About Rockports, We HAVE To Wear Them At Our School. :o :( I Prefer Girly Shoes. Lol]}

[-JT-]

are we talking about neds? coz i hate them

[мϊкэ]

Chav = Council House and Violent?
people think if you live round liverpool you have to be a chav

NOT TRUE!!!

[beth]

I'm not a fan of 'chavs'
and as being a 'rocker' or a 'mosher' as they call them , I tend to get abuse by the ruder sort of chavs >.<
But yah..
I hate the way that people have started hating people who wear Tracksuits/Fake labels w.e and calling them chavs.
Im not a fan of labels ;]

But yah , im not a fan of chavs either.

[Yayse]

i wouldn't say i live near chavs, but theres plenty of townies to go around!

[Rachi]

Hmm
a chav who lives in my area is in yr 8
SHe had PINK trainers on
And PURPLE EYE SHADOW UP 2 HER EYE BROw
eew
Soz thats just wrong

[Y!]

I hate Chavs.

[Rachi]

Do u hate the way they act?

or

The way they dress?

or


Both?

[Mentor]

Do u hate the way they act?

or

The way they dress?

or


Both?
How some one dress's is only an outward exspression. How they act is what actaly disides it "/

[Roboevil]

Why? They could wear chavvy clothes and talk like Derrick?

[Rachi]

LOL :s


Some chavs r nice some think they are better than others