chav
Tracksuited British youth
Chav is a British slang term, often derogatory, for a young person whose dress, manner, and behavior are considered brash, vulgar, or indicative of low social class.
The stereotype typically involves flashy branded sportswear, gold jewelry, and aggressive or antisocial conduct.
The tabloids love to run stories about chavs causing trouble at shopping centers.
The term carries strong class prejudice and is considered offensive by many.
Two-piece athletic garment
- blingShowy expensive jewelry
- velourSoft pile fabric
- hoodieTopped sweatshirt
- trainersThose who coach athletes
sneakers · snapback · sportswear · shell-suit · athleisure · logos · leggings · jersey
British term for hooligan
- loutCrude, ill-mannered person
- hooliganViolent young troublemaker
- delinquentFailing in duty
- rowdyNoisily disorderly
antisocial · loitering · joyriding · vandalism · intimidation · gobby · aggressive · loud
Prejudice by economic rank
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
pejorative · stigma · tabloid · working-class · underclass · uneducated · antisocial · vulgar
tracksuit
Two-piece athletic garment
trainers · sneakers · snapback · sportswear · shell-suit · athleisure · logos · leggings · jersey · scrunchie
yob
British term for hooligan
- loutCrude, ill-mannered person
- hooliganViolent young troublemaker
- delinquentFailing in duty
rowdy · antisocial · loitering · joyriding · vandalism · intimidation · gobby · aggressive · loud · confrontational
classism
Prejudice by economic rank
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
derogatory · pejorative · stigma · tabloid · working-class · underclass · uneducated · antisocial · vulgar · inelegant
grime
Ingrained surface dirt
- nedFamiliar form of Edward
- boganUncultured Aussie type
- working-classManual laborers as group
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- subculturespunk, punks, hippie, goth, hippies
- Romani loanwordscushty, mush, cosh, nark, divvy
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- British Classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, aristocrats
- class labelsaristocrat, beggar, bourgeois, commoner, elite
chavaristocrat
Person of noble birth
toff · nobleman · noblewoman · noble · upper-class
chavsophisticate
Worldly, cultured person
aesthete · connoisseur · hipster · preppy · yuppie
chavgentleman
Courteous, honorable man
lady · well-mannered · respectable · civilized · courteous