chav
pronunciation
How to pronounce chav in British English:
UK [tʃæv]
How to pronounce chav in American English:
US
Word Origin
- chav (n.)
- "antisocial youth," British slang, by 2004, apparently from earlier charver "loutish young person wearing designer-style sportswear," Northern British slang (1997) of uncertain origin. Earlier it was a verb in homosexual slang for "have sex." Perhaps ultimately from Romany (Gypsy).
Example
- 1. The latter has never struck me as obviously better than insisting on a mixture of black and white , old and young , rich and poor , or posh and chav .
- 2. Jo : Well a chav is a young person – it can be a man or a woman and it \'s someone who firstly likes designer clothes usually similar to the kind of clothes an American hip hop rapper might wear .