To think the term Schemie is even more reprehensible than Chav?

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After reading another thread where baby names are being declared Chav or schemie by the op and a few others my blood is boiling a bit.

I live in Scotland and the phrase schemie gets used interchangeably with ned and chav.

I think schemie is by far the worst of the three. Chav and ned are nasty terms of abuse, but refer to a type of behaviour/manner of dress /lifestyle that the (ignorant) speaker is describing.

Schemie goes a step further (a housing scheme is the term used in Scotland for council estate) implies that an undesirable person or behaviour in type of behaviour is exclusive to and representive of people who live in local authority housing. My mother, grandparents and a lot of my friends grew up in council homes and not a single one of them display behaviour which could be described as 'schemie'

I can remember it now

I had a Saturday job in bossards cafe

Mmmmm tuna salad on an Italian roll followed by carrot cake. I can almost taste it now!

My fav was carrot cheese and onion on Italian

I grew up on a council estate and I will still describe certain individuals as being chav's or chavie simply because they fit the dictionary definition. God knows they've used a few derogatory descriptors for me when I've had to tell them to get out of my garden, away from my car etc. Maybe I should play safe and call them scum bags?