The AI-powered English dictionary
plural chavs
(UK, MLE, Ireland, derogatory, offensive) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle. quotations examples
Lyrical staff / Never could they ever take me for a chav / Scholar in the English, scholar in the Math / Dizzee ain't no riff raff
a. 2009, Dizzee Rascal (lyrics and music), “Creeper (Freestyle)”
His book concerns ‘chavs’, a supposed underclass of ill-educated, fast-breeding, violent and amoral poor people currently plaguing Britain.
2011 June 18, “Giving the poor a good kicking”, in The Economist