These “Chavs” sound like the absolute worst, most annoying people in the world. I’m sorry, everything about them, according to those definitions anyway, is just the absolute height of annoying to me. The shitty cars with the loud exhausts really just topped it off. I can’t imagine anyone here going around like that in groups downtown and expecting to be taken seriously. (And this is Southern Indiana I’m referring to here.)
Fuckin’ A…The Bloods? How about the Jackson Creek Middle School football team? I wouldn’t even lump “Chavs” in with legitimate tough guys.
Burberry have stopped making their baseball caps because the only people who were wearing them were football hooligans and chavs. A chain of pubs banned anyone who wore them.
I just realized that my stepkids in the UK are chavs. Particularly my stepson. I have the urge to get him the shirt that reads: FCUKIN’ CHAV. It would probably totally piss him off, though. Of course, he’s hardly talked to his dad for the two years he’s been in the states. Should I do it?
My sister and her boyfriend are chavs, and the urge to get the “VonChav” T-shirt for him for christmas this year was almost overwhelming. I say do it Seeker74.
Please fight my ignorance, Chimpy… What does “Von Chav” mean? I my ignorance is not just a UK/US thing, it’s largely due to the fact that I’ve NEVER followed fashion or trends.
So, is “chav” terribly offensive? Would someone who displays the chav attitude and gear be able to laugh if the shirt was given to him/her? I’m speaking in general terms, here. I suppose it would depend on the end user, much like calling someone a redneck. I may have just answered my own question.
I’m not sure how the average chav would react, but I’d expect not well, it’s not a terribly good present with which to maintain peaceful family relations.
Okay, we got the chav definition, and I agree UK slang is very cool, but what’s “yob culture”? Youth on board? Youth on brattiness? A word all by itself?
This, I believe, perfectly illustrates one of the huge cultural differences between the two sides of the Atlantic. Here, our wannabe-thugs wear ‘thug’ clothing. Over there, your wannabe-thugs (I’m assuming that’s an apt description) wear…plaid.
snicker Seriously. Someone up-thread said it - plaid baseball caps? My grandfather wore those!
Particularly my stepson. I have the urge to get him the shirt that reads: FCUKIN’ CHAV. It would probably totally piss him off, though. Of course, he’s hardly talked to his dad for the two years he’s been in the states. Should I do it?
