• "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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    2009. "chav". Wiktionary. The Wikimedia Foundation. 2023. Bennett, Joe (30 April 2012). "Everything you ever wanted to know about the word 'chav'". Ideas...
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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 has stated that he has dyslexia and ADHD, and that he was barely...
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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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  • 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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