Is the word chav offensive?

[Jono]

No, only if you were one, which you'd probably wear as a badge of honour, anyway.

 

[gigeorge]

Jap fest should be renamed ChavFest !

 

[deko]

Chav is offensive when it's used to describe a Ned. I've never actually heard the word Chav said before.

 

[The IPB]

I'm from Chatham

 

[mrk]

Jap fest should be renamed ChavFest !

Really that bad huh! Adidas bottoms, Adidas trainers (all white of course), some kind of elesse top and a baseball cap and lots of "ERE MATE"?

 

[gigeorge]

Sarcasm detector going mental right now..

 

[Zero Pope]

Jap fest should be renamed ChavFest !

+1

 

[mrk]

Sarcasm detector going mental right now..

I was being serious!

 

[gigeorge]

Im surprised you were surprised !

 

[mrk]

Unsurprisingly, I wasn't surprised

 

[gigeorge]

Unsurprisingly, I wasn't surprised

It was really that bad, load of interesting 'hair cuts' and rude bwoy talk about their civic sh1twagons having turbos innit mush !

 

[Narj]

I'm still not sure if chav is supposed to mean "CHatham AVerage", or "Council House And Violent".

 

[Yeggstry]

No, Chavs are offensive.

 

[SteveOBHave]

I hope so, otherwise I've been using it wrong for the last 7 years...

 

[shadow_boxer]

I hope so, otherwise I've been using it wrong for the last 7 years...

Hehe. +1.

 

[schumi84]

The new Plan B video has a kid from the school I work at next to the word CHAV with the description below it, rather amusing I thought .

Back on topic, as a non-chav I would say the term probably wasn't offensive, however the person in question that was being called it probably doesn't take the same view.

 

[aardvark]

i only use it as an insult, chav

 

[shoes]

U wot?

oi! oooiiii! ****head! 'oo you you wotting? You wanna get knocked the **** out bled?

 

[wordy]

I hope so!

 

[Chris-.-]

I guess it would depend who you're saying it too. To myself I'm not a chav so it wouldn't really bother me I would just laugh.