Apparition

Have I been living on another planet ? What is / are CHAV ?
Please put me out of my misery.

wrxsmo

www.chavscum.co.uk should about cover it

yoza

Explain WHAT?

astraboy

I think it is a shortened version of Charver, meaning lowlife.
you really need to keep up with these modern phrases otherwise you get left behind.
For instance my mate said to me the other day "Dont go by motorway to get here I can see it from here and its totally "blinged" up"
"Bling" being a term for something that is generally wrong and fuked up
I kind of like that
astraboy.

Brendan Hughes

I thought scoobynet would prefer it if THEY were put out of THEIR misery...

akshay67

Unfortunately the words 'chav' and 'Impreza' have been used in the same sentence one too many times recently

yoza

There all at it.

My mate said to upon leaving for Oulton park, 'Put your Jasons on !'.

Not knowing what the fluck he was on about, I enquired.. Jasons ?

Yeah, your 'Jason and the Argonauts'..............Shorts.

FFS.

Dracoro

Hmmm, ordinary looking car with spoliers and scoops and bits on which make it look 'cool', not difficult to see why! chavtastic!

GrahameS

I was under the impression 'bling' was the term for making something or someone look very expensive/rich.. like wearing loads of expensive jewellery in respect to a person, or in respect to cars putting loads of chrome/ expensive looking parts. Never heard it used in the way you mentioned ?

See here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3192258.stm

JackClark

Don't forget the stickers, you rarely see a Chav minus a logo or 30.

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

PMSL I like that that's got me grinning

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

Yeah and look what a **** up they make of their cars

angrynorth

Tip:

Never take advice from the BBC on street slang Bling is past.

scoobydooooo

so's chav , and that's coming from wales , it's been used here for years !!

GrahameS

I wasn't but that was the best example of it defined that I had read.. I had just never heard of it used to describe something that was bad.. Not on the mean streets of Coventry anyway.. LOL

It's been about for ages it's just every Tom, Dick and Halfwit uses it now

angrynorth

Bling lost its appeal as a word for me about 2 years ago when I was working for an agency in London and the public school type MD was describing how he wanted this website to look "bling bling" I laughed so hard I quit

Apparition

Thanks you lot, and especially WRXSMO... that link explained it very comprehensively.
And Astraboy.......... I'm trying very hard NOT to get left behind, but as its been pointed out, soon as one term comes into use meaning one thing, someone decides to change the meaning entirely and totally confuses the whole issue.
But you have all given me a huge laugh with your replies and explanations... as usual, you never let me down ! I can rest in peace now.

TelBoy

Apparition - come down to Southend seafront any summer Saturday evening - you'll have the definition of chav printed indelibly on your brain, believe me...

Spoon

That'll be the Broadway Massive.

Just kidding Tel before you rtm me.

TelBoy

LOL, no, the Broadway Massive let the Kursaal Massive play their games, while continuing to enjoy the (still) prospering delights of Leigh..

Jye

Thank **** chav has never caught on up here, it's becoming so overused, especially on SN. Still prefer the term ned, non educated delinquent, a much more appropriate description for our Scottish problem.

Dapster

Southend? Ameteurs! At least they have a bit of cash to throw about - normally an Evo or a Skyline amongst all the dross. Try Dartford on a weekday lunchtime.

Jeeee-zuuus! I'm sure you need to be a 16 year old chain smoking mother of 20 before social services hand over the vest/trackie bottoms/Elizabeth Duke/tatoo uniform. I didn't see any other demographic when I was there last week.

[/heads back to London in a cold sweat]

Spoon

Still??- When exactly did it start? When blinkers were handed out to the community?

TelBoy

Don't go there mate. Leave it to those of us who know...

Spoon

Oh yes, I remember last time. Only then I knew too.

the moose

Pathetic attempt to gain share in the chav market - the world and their wife knows that Basildon is the undisputed heavyweight champ of chavdom. Last time I was there the chavometer was off the scale before I parked the car next to Crazy George.

It was the pregnant 16 year old pushing a pram whilst smoking a rollup (and desplaying her lovebites for the world to see) which tipped the balance between Basildon and Tilbury, though Atherton (don't look it up, it's awful) runs it a close third.

TelBoy

LOL, we are NOT gonna leave Pitsea out of this are we?

Spoon, whatever.

the moose

A T, Tel? Go on, you know you want one!

Spoon

Moose- You can do better than that!!

the moose

Petard, hoist, etc etc.