chav
[chav]
- a person who wears fashionable brands, flashy jewelry, etc., but is regarded as having bad or lower-class taste.
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Origin of chav
1995-2000; perhaps < Romany chavo ‘boy, youth’ or chavi ‘baby, child’
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chav
- Southern English informal, derogatory a young working-class person whose tastes, although sometimes expensive, are considered vulgar by some
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Word Origin
perhaps from Romany chavi a child
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Word Origin and History for chav
n.
British slang, "antisocial youth," by 2004, of unknown origin.
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