• "Chav" (/tʃæv/), also "charver", "scally" and "roadman" in parts of England, is a British term, usually used in a pejorative way. The term is used to describe...
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  • Chavs may refer to: Chav, a British pejorative denoting class stereotype Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, a 2011 book by British writer Owen...
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  • The Chavs was an English rock supergroup formed in London in 2004, by former Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things guitarist Carl Barât. Alongside Barât...
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    Diary of a Chav novel Trainers v. Tiaras was released for Hodder Books. Trainers v. Tiaras (2007), (also published under the titles Diary of a Chav and Diva...
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  • Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class is a non-fiction work by the British writer and political commentator Owen Jones, first published in 2011...
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    ("white robes"), a term for wealthy people. Another example is the word chav, which is a derogatory term for a working-class youth. This word is probably...
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  • insult against marginalised working class communities, similar to the term chav. The term "pikey" is possibly derived from "pike" which, c. 1520, meant "highway"...
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  • Children and Young Adult Literature portal Diary of a Chav is a young adult series that was written by the English journalist, author, and broadcaster...
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  • British tabloid media as the "Lotto lout" and the self-proclaimed "King of Chavs". Carroll's mother worked in a canning factory and his father was a Royal...
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    often explicit songs that satirise hip hop, today's consumer society, the "chav" culture and life in Newport and South Wales in general. The group recorded...
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  • genre include Kerser and Onefour. 1990s portal 2000s portal Australia portal Chav/Roadman, a similar term used to describe young delinquents in Britain Gopnik...
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  • Observer counties edition, "Stop the Rise of the teen-ager" July 1960 "The chavs and chav-nots in a bitter war of words". Scotsman.com. 29 August 2007. Retrieved...
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  • Chavismo (redirect from Chavism)
    Chavismo (from Spanish: chavismo), also known in English as Chavism or Chavezism, is a left-wing populist political ideology based on the ideas, programs...
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  • series 2 episode "Love & Monsters". The following year, she played Taylor the Chav in the comedy film St Trinian's. Also in 2006, Drysdale appeared in Catch...
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  • the genitive agreeing with its head noun. Example: čhav-es-ker-o phral - 'the boy's brother' čhav-es-ker-i phen - 'the boy's sister'. Adjectives and the...
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    book, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, dissecting cultural stereotypes of the British working-class as boorish and anti-social "chavs". The...
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    the end of 2018. Between 2001 and 2005, Burberry became associated with "chav" and football hooligan culture. This change in the brand reputation was attributed...
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    belonging to young women from the lower social classes, particularly the Chav subculture (Ned in Scotland, Millie in Northern Ireland). The term is thus...
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  • book Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class cites the film at length as an example of media demonisation of proletarian youth via the "Chav" stereotype...
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    College. Retrieved 8 November 2018. "Outrage at 'Chav hunting' videos". Metro. Retrieved 31 August 2014. "'Chav chasing' public schoolboys criticised". The...
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    Linaria alaica Junussov Linaria albifrons (Sm.) Spreng. Linaria algarviana Chav. Linaria alpina (L.) Mill. Linaria altaica Fisch. Linaria amethystea (Vent...
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  • just a specific instance of the word brat, meaning child or offspring. "Chav": see under "Other" Coma: Some falsely believe that the word coma originates...
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  • Dialect researchers given a "canny load of chink" to sort "pikeys" from "chavs" in regional accents, The Independent, 1 June 2007. Page 20 "Received Pronunciation"...
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  • seen as likely to engage in anti-social behaviour, similar to the English chav, the Scottish ned, the South African zef and the Australian eshay. The term...
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  • words in the English language which potentially come from Romani. chav (wikt:chav) – an anti-social youth (from chavi "child") cosh (wikt:cosh) – a weapon...
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    redbullmusicacademy.com Just Blaze, Jay Electronica, & Mike "Chav" Chavarria – An Interview with Jay, Chav, & Just Blaze Exclaim! magazine interview with Jay Electronica-Exclaim...
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  • may be roughly analogous to the American redneck or hillbilly, the British chav, the Australian bogan or the French beauf. In recent decades, the middle...
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  • Myrcia amapensis McVaugh Myrcia amarulenta (B.Holst) A.R.Lourenço & Sánchez-Cháv. Myrcia amazonica DC. Myrcia ambivalens McVaugh Myrcia amoena (Pilg.) A.R...
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    posts from Jones surfaced in which she said "I would like to do a spot of Chav shooting" and "a shame that isn't legal." Jones apologised for the comments...
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    Antirrhinum graniticum Rothm. Antirrhinum grosii Font Quer Antirrhinum hispanicum Chav. Antirrhinum × inexpectans P.P.Ferrer, R.Roselló, E.Laguna & Güemes Antirrhinum...
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