Ask the UK of the Day
Ask the UK of the Day
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- cherub0
Chavs, how do they work?
-How would you define a chav?
-What the fuck is it with chavs and burberry? Is burberry like their spirit animal or something?
- what year is it? i miss chavskingsteven
- ha, a friend got ticked off recently because she described a bunch of post-hipster Hackneyites as 'chavvy' - apparently that was not PC of her, lolNairn
- chavs are basically the white underclasshans_glib
- mmm, it's a bit more nuanced than that - they're definitely part of the white underclass, but they're a product of it, not it in its entiriety.Nairn
- This is why I asked for a definition.cherub
- derogatory term for young people from lower income families c. 2000-10. britian's last true fashion sub culture. now kids come pre-lobotomised/ tiktok enabled.kingsteven
- eh, I remember chavs not being a new thing in the early 90s. Or 'charvers' as they say in certain parts.Nairn
- Funny - where my gran lived there was a distinct difference in the kids I 'grew up with', some of whom would definitely fit the chav description. Neds, rather.Nairn
- I got totally shit-faced on Bucky, sitting in the drizzle on a 70s era Catholic school's steps, when I was about 15. Poor Gran just thought I was ill...Nairn
- ..tried to give me a 'cure' made up of something like milk and a drop of whisky the morning after. i winced like fuck. Grandad knew it was electric juiceNairn
- For me, coming from sunny Spain, it was an interesting cultural dip.Nairn
- yeah, not at all new to the 2000's but that was the era of the chav, synonymous with the impending death of subcultures and the middle class :)kingsteven
- now it would seem youth culture is just cyborgs wearing an homogenised amalgamation of hip-hop and terrace fashionkingsteven
- In the north west they are called scallies. Basically a shit taste in sports cloths and bad attitude to life. You can even have rich chavs too.Chimp