Is the word chav offensive?
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I think we're agreeing here? I personally wouldn't care less. People can call me whatever they like.
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but Nip is short for Nipon, which is their name for japan.
technically abbreviations shouldnt be offensive. its just stupid really. too many people abuse the abbreviation for Pakistani though so we are all screwed!
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Slight difference being "Jap" is short for "Japanese", whereas the "N" word isn't short for "black person" (unless your spelling is REALLY bad
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The problem with that abbreviation though is it's history of being applied to anyone from southern Asian. The vast majority of the people who use the P word don't tend to care much that the person they're talking about is an Indian or a Bangladeshi.
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Slight difference being "Jap" is short for "Japanese", whereas the "N" word isn't short for "black person" (unless your spelling is REALLY bad
The N word is derived from the Spanish for black though so of itself isn't intrinsically evil.
Can be.
If used to describe all working class people / families in council estates, yes it's offensive.
If used to completely dehumanize the people you're talking about, it's offensive.
Just using it to describe Burberry-wearing troublemakers is not offensive.
If used to describe all working class people / families in council estates, yes it's offensive.
If used to completely dehumanize the people you're talking about, it's offensive.
Just using it to describe Burberry-wearing troublemakers is not offensive.
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Well that's just ignorance
But when used in English language it does - I can't imagine black people in Spain get insulted by Spanish people using the word negra/negro when speaking Spanish.
Anyway, this is off-topic, Chav is offensive and should be used as such!
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I assume if there are numbers of people that are offended by the term/phrase then it is deemed offensive.
P word
N word
Chav
The big C
The big P
They will always offend someone. Just depends on your audience. There words that we may find acceptable and normal to use but around other countries/cultures would be considered offensive.
So in conclusion, yes.
P word
N word
Chav
The big C
The big P
They will always offend someone. Just depends on your audience. There words that we may find acceptable and normal to use but around other countries/cultures would be considered offensive.
So in conclusion, yes.
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According to Wikipedia, it means the following:
The term has its origins in the Romani word chavi, meaning "child" or "chavo", meaning "boy", or "chavvy", meaning "youth".
I think the use of the term Chav has been a bit overused nowadays. It used to refer to quite a specific subset of youth, a troublemaker, usually clad in a tracksuit with a burberry cap.
What's changed is that youth fashion has moved on a little, so Chavs don't dress like stereotypical Chavs anymore. Further to that, a lot of people label anything cheap as Chavvy, or anyone as a Chav, so it's really moved on from it's original target.
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I always thought it stood for "Council house and violent"
Indeed it does, that or ( Council House And Vulgar )
Either way it's horribly bigoted and I cringed every time I hear it.
It's more about attitudes and behaviour rather than class. You can be rich and chavy.
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If it isn't offensive, then it should be, but I feel that those it applies to view it as a compliment.....
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yes its offensive, just as bad as ni**er ? probably as its normally aimed at lower class whites isn't it?
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