to hate the word 'chav' being used to refer to anything people don't like or feel is a bit beneath them?

[Rachmumoftwo]

Honestly, it has to be the most over-used word in the English language (if it is even recognised as a word in the English language). It doesn't mean anything and I am getting really bored of it now. Please everyone that uses this word, stop for the sake of my sanity!

Katie Price is so a chav!

and Victoria Beckham of course

Her father used to take her to school in his Roller. Chav-bloody-tastic!

So anybody who comes from a working class background whos now got money [admittedly not very classy ] is a chav ?

no, they have to have a 42" plasma telly too

I wouldn't say that Victoria Beckham is a chav! Jordan, yes, KK, double yes. Money, or lack of, is not an indicator. Standards and behaviour are.

I aspire to chav-dom. I long for a massive plasma telly and loads of sparkly dresses.

No - but driving a Roller unless you're taking part in a state occasion with someone driving it for you is pretty chavvy, no?!

Now, a 42" plasma telly in a Roller - there must be a market in chavland for that

Doesn't bother me that much. There are trite pidgeon-hole labels that bother me much more.

single mum, benefit scrounger.

chav is a light-hearted, slightly snooty but not really malicious way to describe somebody who likes material stuff.

Up here in Scotland we also have neds - Non-Educated Deliquents.

What all the boys and young men? my ds would never wear a baseball cap

Actually I admire Katie Price in many ways. She's built on what she has. She works bloody hard. She is a brand. She has obviously moved away from the "glamour" days and is trying to move into more family/animal led pursuits amd is mostly making a success of it.

So Katie, why write auto biographies laying bare your sex life/family issues? Why keep feeding OK magazine with salacious shots and nasty comments?

Let KK do all that bollocks and get on with it.

salmonintheliffy ........ what do you mean?
do you mean that single mums bother you? can i ask why. genuine question.

as for charvas, they are 'pure class' like

I think she means the term 'single mother, benefit scrounger' bothers her more than chav - although I've maybe misunderstood. Easy done - it's past my bedtime!

See, that is not my definition of a chav ilovepinot. I agree with salmonintheLiffey's definition.

Victoria is a chav.

Yes slagging off single mothers offends me far more.

My very middle class neighbours teens, and their seemingly endless number of friends are chavs without a doubt. Chav goths. Or ned goths as we call chavs in Scotland.

Think my ds must be an emo chav then

Now, see, Thunderduck - I'm never quite sure what makes someone a ned and what makes them a chav. Neds always seem to have more of a fight in them, whereas chavs are more about attitude and fashion. Plenty of both where I live!

thanks paolosgirl, i realised that after, i typed it. i'm a bit thick tonight!! time for bed i think.
night xx

I use ned to mean both I guess. I think of a ned as a Scottish chav.

I hate the word chav too and always feel it says more about the person that uses it than the person they are describing.

DS got called a Chav the other day because we live in a council house He's 6.

Chav stands for council house and violent.

DS is NOT violent.

He is, therefore a CHAN.

Council house and NICE

It's such a ridiculously overused word that people have lost it's true meaning (inline with what Ilove said) and use it to mean "stupid person from a different background to mine" or something instead which is where the offence sparks from (like misusing any other word would cause offence)