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Posted: 16th Feb 2005

Written by: PyroWill

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I dont really like the way they dress but thats not my place to condemn it i just think it looks silly especially allt he fake gold stuff and big medallions, but you cant judge people for that. However the attitude that mostly comes with Chavism is what gets most people, the anti social behavious and inability to talk properly

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"dunno wha ya mean mate init da norm or summit"
ok so i missed the bad and naughty words that the chavism behaviour intails

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Posted: 17th Feb 2005

Written by: flid

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i've been reliably informed by an australian colleague that bogun (or Beavan) is the correct spelling of chav in oz

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nah, i'm pretty sure it's bogan, and i've never heard of a beavan. Is this person really an aussie? https://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html#B


would the blokes from trainspotting be classed as chavs? trying to get my head around the whole concept.

Posted: 17th Feb 2005
right im a youth worker i see chav's every day and for the most there attitude stinks but for some yp thats how they were bought up,others because there very closed in to a group of friends and they try to be cool....but for the most they just think...."its well hard"

Out of work i get my fair share of crap from chav's im 19 and there's always a group of 10+ around the corner....and they always see me as with my staff and think its some sort of ninja of wmd...and try to pick a fight...
"Put the stick down and we'll hav ya"
Yeah ok i'll do that.....dumb bitchers

So in all it depends what type of chav you are if your the i hate the world lets beet it up type.your a not very nice word pr**k!!
If you just think it looks cool to dress like that....tut tut....If im your youth worker.....im sorry
mike.c

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Posted: 17th Feb 2005
oOo and theirs a t.v thing about the rise of the chav on sky one...9.00 monday...yeah i think im out....what a shame..
mike.c

Rules and responsibities:
These are the ties that bind us.
We do what we do,because of who we are.
If we did otherwise,we would not be ourselves.
I will do what i have to do
And i will do what i must..

Posted: 17th Feb 2005

Written by: loki.c1687

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right im a youth worker .......
mike.c

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from one YW to another

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Posted: 17th Feb 2005

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Down with chavs! There are far too many in Salisbury

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Personally after my visit to Salisbury last easter I came away feeling there were too many stuck up old cows there

Posted: 17th Feb 2005
I think it all depends on what you define a chav as being . . .

whether they are defined by what they wear or what they do

1. A chav - someone who dresses in sports clothing sporting large amounts of jewellery trying to look hard and scary ....

for which they shouldn't get abused for if they want to look like that then it is upto them . . .

Or what I think is a chav

2. A group of young people walking the streets drinking White Lighting (high stength cheap cider) and Mad Dog 20/20 generally causing as much disruption to everyone else as possible, scaring old ladies just cos they can, trying to pick fights with other lads to prove themselves and generally damaging other peoples property for the hell of it, and unfortunately they have chosen sports clothing sporting large amounts of jewellery trying to look hard and so this is the easiest way to identify them which unfortunately leads to some others being labelled a chav

Posted: 17th Feb 2005
What is with the recent obsession with Chavs? They've been around since I first went to school at the very least, it's just a new conception of what it means to be a teenager - following stupid fashions, drinking drinks to get drunk, trying to impress girls/boys by picking fights, being generally narrow-minded, picking on those you deem socially inferior to yourself... that's what "chavs" seem to embody, and I think it;s something the vast majority of people can relate to. Rubbish fashions which look ridiculous from the outisde, antagonistic "I'm bigger than you" type behaviour from the fear that we're inadequate, group mentality..



In general, I find chavs irritating and frustrating. As I do "nu-metallers" or whatever they are. It's a different name for the exact same behaviour, it's just got different music/aspirations/fashion.



Perhaps it's a throwback to human tribal behaviour.. you wear the mark of one clan and make war on another clan, and also on outsiders.



I think it's sad that people just assume this behaviour is instituted by culture. It's the social conditions that force people into believing that getting drunk, smoking dope and fighting are things to aspire to, and the fashions or music have such a small influence on this. Fashion gives people a way to express "themselves" (yeah, by wearing the same clothes as all their mates) within their crappy life, and music gives people a feeling that how they feel and therefore how they act is justified, because another person (however far removed) has the same feelings and emotions they do.



What an absurd situation. If people or the government actually got involved in the lives of their children/other people's children (shock horror) then I doubt there'd be nearly as much crime/absenteeism in youth culture. The world shouldn't consider the young as being on the path to adulthood so much as they should encourage them to grow and develop into adults at their own pace, within their own areas of skill and interest.



Grr.



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Obviously just my stupid opinions.

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Posted: 17th Feb 2005

Written by: flid

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Down with chavs! There are far too many in Salisbury

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Personally after my visit to Salisbury last easter I came away feeling there were too many stuck up old cows there

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Them too

AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!!

Posted: 17th Feb 2005
wow im not the only one who cant stand the way chavs act...

Posted: 17th Feb 2005
I didnt know there were any peeps that could stnad the way chavs act! In fact I would be surprised if the chavs like the way other chavs act

AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!!

Posted: 17th Feb 2005
ummm...ok, ignorant american chiming in...
i think i've figured out what a "chav" is..kinda like a g thang from the suburbs??
i think here in america that seems to be the norm and doesn't come with the attitude you speak of (any more than any other group) but this kinda bugs me cause i'm a "hippy" and people in america talk sh%& about hippies in the same way you all seem to talk about chavs
how can they all possibly be $%&%&^?

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Posted: 17th Feb 2005
no no no, chavs are much worse, they're like the dregs of society - they smell, you prob couldn't find a single braincell between all of them, I think they invented their dress style especially to look stupid, they're anti-social, they like tormenting other peeps (as long as they're half their size and they have all there chav buddies with them).......you get the picture, they're awful to be around.

END OF RANT

AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!!

Posted: 17th Feb 2005
i was talking with one of my friends today, i pondered if the reason that they tucked their trackies into their socks was to keep the draft out...

Posted: 17th Feb 2005
what i dont get is why chavs dress the way they do and not even realise that they look totally rediculous.

Posted: 18th Feb 2005
From an aussie, its 'bogan'. but, depending on locale, bogan can mean many things, from a close approximation of chav, to what closely resembles an american bum, to someone in general round the house, daggy clothes outside in the world, say someone in dirty, trakkies, ugg boots and a massively oversized jumper in a shopping center.

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Posted: 18th Feb 2005
I am going to a chav and chavette party this weekend . . I will endevour to get some pics up on the web from the event . . .

Posted: 18th Feb 2005
oh my - that sounds like too much fun!

Geologists do it in the dirt................

Posted: 18th Feb 2005
You mean its a party for chavs, or you have to go dressed as a chav?

Dont forget your BLING!

AAARRRGGGHHH!!! My giant stick broke!!! In two!!! My stick broke in two!!!

Posted: 18th Feb 2005
It is a fancy dress party with the theme of chav and chavettes . . . so everyone will be taking the piss and wearing as much burberry and bling as possible

Posted: 24th Feb 2005
we had a chav night at uni the other week and one of my mates ended up getting mugged and caught in a fight with a propper chav.