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American Chavs?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Do Americans have chavs? If so, what's the Chav situation like across the pond?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: American Chavs?
    Originally posted by Felix Da Housecat
    Do Americans have chavs? If so, what's the Chav situation like across the pond?

    at first guess i'd say wannabe rappers
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The Yanks invented Trailer Trash.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yes... our trailer trash is pretty much equivalent to your chavs....

    but then again we have a whole bunch of different types of trailer trash...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    His pretty cool, don't ya think? Note the bling on his finger.

    chav2.jpg
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Angel121077
    yes... our trailer trash is pretty much equivalent to your chavs....

    They're really, really not.

    Trailer trash don't hang around in massive groups in built up areas (Mainly Friday and Saturday nights) shouting abuse and trying to fight anyone that passes.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How do you lot pronounce chav? I would call the above speciman a 'charver'. They've been around for years and have always been called the same thing in the north east.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by BumbleBee
    How do you lot pronounce chav? I would call the above speciman a 'charver'.

    Like chair.

    It's a ned though ;[
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    I've used the word chav or chavi since I was at priomary school. To me it has always been a word with a similar meaning as 'mate'. It's a cacker/gypo word.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Skive
    I've used the word chav or chavi since I was at priomary school. To me it has always been a word with a similar meaning as 'mate'. It's a cacker/gypo word.

    with spelling ike that im surprised you got out of priomary school
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    Originally posted by MrG
    with spelling ike that im surprised you got out of priomary school

    That aint a spelling mistake mate, it's called a typo.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Skive
    I've used the word chav or chavi since I was at priomary school. To me it has always been a word with a similar meaning as 'mate'. It's a cacker/gypo word.

    same here, it's proper cacker speak, think it means kid...as in "alright kid?"

    You from somerset/wilts area?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by MrG
    with spelling ike that im surprised you got out of priomary school

    If you're going to nit-pick over other people's errors you should really correct your own first.
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    Originally posted by Joolyknockers
    same here, it's proper cacker speak, think it means kid...as in "alright kid?"

    You from somerset/wilts area?

    Wiltshire.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Skive
    Wiltshire.

    ahh. Thought so. The word "Chav" has been used here ever since I remember.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    They're really, really not.

    Trailer trash don't hang around in massive groups in built up areas (Mainly Friday and Saturday nights) shouting abuse and trying to fight anyone that passes.

    you'd be surprised...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Joolyknockers
    ahh. Thought so. The word "Chav" has been used here ever since I remember.

    Yep, I'm from Wiltshire too, although I've always known the word chavvy to mean something like mate or friend, as in "Alright my chavvy".

    But yeah, you're right, it's a Romani word meaning son or boy.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I never heard of chav untill people started using it on here I think. To me they were just townies or dicks.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by MrG
    with spelling ike that im surprised you got out of priomary school

    You = faggot.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Everyone seems to think it means friend. It does not.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Some Chav birds alright if you've had a few.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ... With their clown-pendants bayyybehhh. ;o
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Felix Da Housecat
    His pretty cool, don't ya think? Note the bling on his finger.

    chav2.jpg

    its a picture of Capacity! ;p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by jake0
    its a picture of Capacity! ;p

    That's the funniest thing you've ever said. Worried?
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    Originally posted by Capacity
    Everyone seems to think it means friend. It does not.

    It does where I live.
    Chav or chavi is a word of endearment - yous lot have just hijacked it to mean townie.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Skive
    It does where I live.
    Chav or chavi is a word of endearment - yous lot have just hijacked it to mean townie.

    Yep, too right, people have been using that word in Wiltshire for as long as I can remember. Which is longer than most of you have been alive, and it meant friend then. So I think we have precedence. :D

    (Mind you, I spose we hijacked it from the cackers... along with a few others!)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Miffy
    Yep, too right, people have been using that word in Wiltshire for as long as I can remember. Which is longer than most of you have been alive, and it meant friend then. So I think we have precedence. :D

    (Mind you, I spose we hijacked it from the cackers... along with a few others!)

    Same with the word 'pikey'. It means gyspy, it's NOT a ned.
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