The British, not to be shamed by our Antipodean inventiveness, have more recently invented "chavs". The term may come from Romani, the Gypsy language, where "chavi" means "child". Chavs wear probably pseudo designer gear, sideways baseball caps, and white sneakers; female chavs may wear bling and expose flesh amidships. The term is pejorative, and chavs arose, like multiple chrysalises, in the oughties, aka the first decade of this century. The word actually dates from the 19th century, and no one knows who reactivated it, or why. A chav is regarded as a social or anti social, a sub class, and prone to loutish and loud behaviour, possibly with overtones of violence.
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