To hate chavvy?

[Mrsknackered]

It's such a horrible word. It gets thrown around on here like it's nothing. It's classist, sneery, offensive, I could go on!

Also if something IS chavvy, let's say a name, what exactly does it being chavvy mean? What makes a chav...a chav?

a young lower-class person typified by brash and loutish behaviour

^^^ definition for you

Snobbish. I've a friend who often says 'Essex-y' which means the same thing I think. I cringe whenever she says it.

I understand the definition, but if that's what it means, how can a pram or a name be chavvy?

I am a non British person living in the UK and I never use words like that.
It is putting people in boxes, no better that other awful terms used to refer to people of different ethnicities or religion.
In my humble opinion

@alsmutko a woman I used to know would refer to plenty of people as council estate-y.

Ugh.

Knackered - Yeah I know! As it happens we're council estate (albeit now housing associations) so I can relate to how that feels.

I don't like *chavvy but I do like chavalanche.

shoot me

We use 'ned' in my part of the world anyway. Or 'Senga' if you're feeling adventurous.

I believe Chav is a Romany word for a term of endearment towards a child and is frequently misused

It seems acceptable on MN these days. Which says a lot for how MN is now.

I believe you're right Portia

I think it's become shorthand for lacking in taste, particularly when it comes to dress, make up and riotous behaviour. It's just a word which actually does do its job.

It means WC on MN.

I love it because it perfectly describes in one word what would otherwise take many.

Me too, Navy. It's like holding back the tide though.

I am fairly sure it originated as an Indian word and brought here by Romany Gypsies.

Much as I dislike "chavvy" on the baby name board... I still like it better than the dancing around about "people like us"..... "Families that value education"...."people with the same values" on the education board.

Fucks sake; If you hate working class people just say so

PortiaCastis: 'CHAV' is a short handed term for 'Council House And Violent'..
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I understand that in the past the acronym may have been used by the authorities (police? Social services?) to identify their staff that some people they would have to come in contact with may have aggressive behaviour.

@RortyCrankle @nina2b are you both happy to use other words that are derogatory?
I genuinely want to know.

I've also seen people pulled up for the word "chav" but allowed to express the same classiest view in more words, unchallenged.

I've been told by friends in the police that chav was first used by police to refer to a particular type of person and it stood for 'council house and violent.' Once I heard that I promised never to use it again. It's so derogatory and classist. I can't say I've always kept my promise but I try!

To me chavvy is most of the British people on Turkish beach holidays- horrible.