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Old 03-19-2009, 08:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I remember When I first started posting here 4 yrs ago many of the British members would always refer to some loser-types as chavs (sp?). I became very obsessed with this particularly grimey sub-culture and no matter how much people tried to explain them to me I never quite got it.
I have noticed that noone really mentions chavs anymore. Have they deevolved out of the culture like some grotesque darwinian model of natural selection or has everyone just gotten over them?
And if anyone would still like to attempt to explain these people to me I'd love, still, to understand this remarkable example of the denigration of British culture.
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Old 03-19-2009, 08:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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My understanding is that the closest American analogue to a chav is Atlantic City boardwalk trash. Does that help?
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Old 03-19-2009, 08:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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My understanding is that the closest American analogue to a chav is Atlantic City boardwalk trash. Does that help?
Hehehe that's FUNNY *puts the lap top down and just giggles to himself for a little while*
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Old 03-19-2009, 08:53 PM   #4 (permalink)
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google is such a wonderful resource.

"chav":


"douchebag":


it's like they're twins!
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it's like they're twins!
Welcome to Atlantic City my friend.
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Old 03-19-2009, 08:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Wow, it's....it's....It's NEW JERSEY! I need like a full sociological overview of this. The more I see the more confused I become.
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Chavs are still about in their droves, i've just gotten older and consequently do not mix with them as much anymore. They are scumbags the lot of them. Bigots of low intelligence and low culture
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Welcome to Atlantic City my friend.
i used to hate using the term "gweedo" because i thought it was a racial epithet, not sure anymore, most don't look remotely italian.

in case you were wondering what "jersey trash" sound like:
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Old 03-19-2009, 09:12 PM   #9 (permalink)
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But what's the unifying principle of this group? That's what I'm trying to figure out. Socio-economic, ethnic, political etc. Do they all just like fake tans, verically striped shirts and making shadow puppets of butterflies? Do you know what I'm asking? Someone didn't just one day say" hey you look like a sleazy oompa loompa just like me. Lets be Chavs and cavort like heinous dirtbags!" This is what I'm getting at.
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But what's the unifying principle of this group? That's what I'm trying to figure out. Socio-economic, ethnic, political etc. Do they all just like fake tans, verically striped shirts and making shadow puppets of butterflies? Do you know what I'm asking? Someone didn't just one day say" hey you look like a sleazy oompa loompa just like me. Lets be Chavs and cavort like heinous dirtbags!" This is what I'm getting at.
From what I can tell chavs, like their American brethren, are young middle to lower class whites who enjoy club music and acting like goons. I think the fake tend thing is exclusive to the American faction though.

Do you know New Jersey well? My Atlantic City example kind of assumed that you did. I kind of take Jersey familiarity for granted because I lived in Philly for a long time.
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