This is chavvy, that is chavvy. Fuck off with the use of chavvy

[SPsCliffingAllOverMN]

AIBU?

All I seem to see lately is the word chavvy to describe names, items, clothes etc that people don't like.

So far names that aren't Arlo or Benedict, are double barreled or start with a K are chavvy.

Using Nanna is chavvy.

Wearing character clothing (children) is chavvy.

Everything is fucking chavvy. It makes me wonder what people think chavvy means? Am I the only one who has noticed this?

"Blingy" is a better term for non-standard reg plates, permatans and the like.

Calling others 'chavs' just makes people look like twats. It is rare that someone doesn't go down in my estimations when they do.

HoneyDragon

You're right sparklyPink.

I always imagine people as a kind of Hyacinth Bucket character when words like Chav, common, etc get rolled out.

The baby name threads are revolting.

I don't think chav = ned, though.

Ned is pretty subjective too, and possibly the worst thing you could call my 11 yo ds at the moment!

If someone on MN said "you're a Chav" I wonder if it would be deleted? It would be interesting to know where MNHQ stand on it.

I know if someone called me a Chav, and I responded with my honest opinion of them- that they were a twat, I know I would be deleted.

Isn't saying things are 'pretentious' 'posh' 'snobby' etc just as bad?

HoneyDragon

I understand on MN not everyone will have the same opinion. It would be boring otherwise but the use of chav to describe something you simply dont like is wrong imo.

Same goes for the word poncy.

I dont know why anyone mentions their children's names on here because someone will rip that name apart

I hate it too. It's a really vicious word, wtf people use it all, let alone to describe totally inoffensive names, clothes etc, puddles me off.

It's totally ruined the baby names section. It's worse than AIBU in there.

Posh is not an offensive word

Everything is deemed as chavvy though. I probably breathe in a chavvy way

everlong that thread was designed as a sneer-fest, though the OP didn't have the guts to call a spade a spade. Perhaps I would have admired her if she had.

I don't know if you replied and what you said, but it attracted people who envy two young, rich, working class Liverpudlians like flies to shit.

In that respect I found it quite useful.

It basically just means working class, doesn't it. Used by those who are obsessed with class, money and what other people think of them. The Hyacinth Buckets of this world.

Horrid, snobby, nasty word and totally agree with HoneyDragon if I notice someone using it I will add them to my mental list of posters to avoid.

Sorry everlong I think I misunderstood you.

I didn't expect so many others to agree after seeing it mentioned so many times

It's a horrible term, I definitely judge those using it. And nobody seems to be able to agree on what it means exactly. I've heard vulgar, common, lower class...to name but a few.

Maybe it should be reclaimed? Like the n word and use of cunt by feminists. Wtf is wrong with being working class? Is it something so awful to be ashamed of?

I can't claim to be working class by virtue of having been to Uni and going into a professional career, but my family certainly were historically. I'd rather be working class than a rich entitled snob any day. Yes I realise that class snobbery goes both ways

OP, are you new to MN? The use of the word chav and it's perceived offensiveness has been debated many, many times on here.

Vinegar, do you think that the people who use the word chav tend to be rich and entitled? I've always thought it was used mainly by the working class to describe the so called underclass.

Chav was used on one of the many Rooney threads.

Everyone has different taste. My name here though is chavvy, common etc. My surname on the other hand is mentioned often on the 'surnames I'd love to have' threads.

My name is actually a normal name popular it seems in the early 90's but here its terrible My sons name was also ripped to shreds. First for the K then for been an Irish name when I wasn't Irish.