What is a chav?

Answer 1

A Chav is a hard thing to define as in, lots of people may be Chav by external definitions, ie they wear Burberry and spray themselves in Beckham perfume and don thick gold chains but I think the essence of a Chav is not what they wear or where they live but really their behaviour and attitudes.
Pikey behaviour would be what a Chav gets up to.
They would be intolerant, easily roused into a fight, have no shame in screaming and arguing on the street. They would smack and speak down to their children in public. They boast about things most people would be ashamed of, Like drink driving and not getting caught.
Chavs tend to have a very changeable attitude to relationships and matters of the hearts which prompts many to get married and then divorced many times,
They tend to declare undying love after a first date and shack up together willy-nilly. Thus their ability to form true deep bonds are brought into question, and it seems they have a more animalistic view of love and life partners. Its not so much Mr. Right, its Mr. Right Now.
Chavs have been accused of having a pretty base range of human emotions, ranging from Anger to Hungover back to Anger. If you prick a Chav , does he not bleed? yes indeed, he does, but probably Buckfast.
There are many colloquial, national variations of the Chav, although I am sure the pandemic is international.
I have heard that white trash is a term used in America to describe these folk, but have also heard that this term is now offensive, but maybe you get the picture if I just use the term "Trash that can be any colour".
A Chav would be racist and claim not to be, backed by ridiculous comments such as " I'm not racist cos my neighbour's black and I know loads of Asian people" The knowing of many diffferent ethnic groups, sadly does not preclude you from being racist, and most of them are, rapidly so.
Ignornace is another huge Chavtastic trait, which they display proudly for all to see. Their knowledge of general history, geography, spelling and manners is dismal. Their vocabulary is stunted and logic and reasoning non existent.
They hide behind their ignornace like a cloak, however, and will shun all those that come across as semi intelligent. Words like "detest" and "regard" are considered posh and woe betide you if you utter a word more than 8 letters long. You will be accused of eating a f*****g dictionary.
They idolise role models who display similar characteristics of stupidity, materialism and shallow feelings. Thus Jordan, Jodie Marsh, Jade Goody are all public embodiments of chav-like qualities.
Lack of respect for environment, surroundings, neighbours, fellow humans is also prevalent in a chav's psyche. But to balance they are fiercely protective of family members that they haven't fallen out with and their gang to the extent that they will imagine insult where there is none to one of their kind and will then proceed to instant, uncontrollable rage that they can only express violently.
Chavs depise authority of all kinds. They resent success, and measure it in monetary terms, hence all the ostentatious designer labels and jewellery.
Chavs want to be heard and to be famous for no other reason than to be famous and hear their own voice. They love nothing better that driving past with windows down, blaring music. " Look at me!" they all scream. But unfortunately, not for the right reasons.
Chavs are bone idle and resist all attempts at a daily grind despite their love of flashy, tasteless designer goods. They honestly believe that government handouts are their God given right and they mistakenly think that they play a positive role in society. Although they are a good all round example of what not to be.
In Scotland, he is known as a NED - Non Educated Deliquent.
In Ireland, he is known as a Knacker, which describes a travelling person of no fixed abode that lives in caravans at the side of the road and leaves litter everywhere and steals anything they can lay their hands and becomes aggressive in the twinkling of an eye. Of course there are Travelling people in Ireland that are decent, hardworking people and do not come under the Knacker title. Well, maybe one.

Answer 2

One of the reasons I'm glad I don't live in England any more. Jackie C's answer is good. I would like to add it's also common for chavs to be heard boasting about the time spent in prison or the latest arrest. In the southeast of England many have taken to putting on a pseudo-Jamaican accent which makes them sound like a 3 year old. And their idea of dressing smartly is wearing a the top that goes with their trackie bottoms, the scruffy bastards.

Answer 3

A Chav is a British term for someone who is low-class.

They typically wear lots of fake designer stuff and 'bling.' They are poorly educated, speak bad english and wear a lot of tracksuits. If you've ever seen Ali G, he is the epitome of a Chav. Think ghetto.

Answer 4

Just an over-used name for an unruly looking teenager... We've used it up here in the North East for years and years (except they were chavers) pronounced Chyar-vars...

Just usually a kid that dresses talks and behaves like, well the more common of teenage set....

Contrary to popular belief it isn't a class or money thing, wealthy folk can be chavers too. Sometimes adults can look like chavers, but again, contrary to popular belief, the adult of the species is actually known as a Ti tnut or Knacka. The female adult is known as a Shazza. Shazzas are usually orange and wrinkly for their years.

Answer 5

Or Council House And Viscious - which ever you prefer - basically uneducated scum bag who expects everything to be provided for them rather than working and earning it themselves. Any problem is always some one else's fault and when they breed, they usually have upwards of 10 children so they can claim more benefits. Generally earn in excess of £30,000 in benefits but house looks like the local council tip as they cannot afford to buy a vacuum or polish as they spent all of their benefits on fags and KFC for the children

Answer 6

actual not for chavs! i will't imagine a chav balloting for a proper-wing get jointly! As for waifs and strays ... hmm - it truly is being slightly beneficiant. i ought to call them dreamers who nonetheless stay contained in the Nineteen Sixties before the united kingdom joined the european communities and before international markets grew to grow to be the norm. it should be pleasant to dream of a destiny in which the united kingdom isn't area of the european, regardless of the indisputable fact that it ought to do us much better harm than solid, commerce-smart!

Answer 7

its a sterotypical name for a certain type of people who allways wear sportsware, baseball caps, drive "enhanced" old cars & often live on council estates, kind of like the american trailer trash

Answer 8

Common person, equivalent to a scally

Answer 9

a townie, ned, working class piece of sh*t that wears a burberry baseball cap and a tracksuit. and thinks they're cool....

Answer 10

The UK equivalent of ghetto.