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ReplyTo a comment on I wish I was a chav by Stephen Robins.

ecargo3 Aug 2006

Oooh--a new term! They didn't cover this in any of the Sophie Kinsella books I've read (I have appalling taste in 'literature,' and almost everything I know about British pop culture comes from terrible Brit-chick-lit novels). I've identified a few Chavs here at work, even (although the hip-hop wannabe element is lacking, so I guess they're not true Chavs).

Wikipedia has way too much documentation on the phenomenon (all of which you've nailed):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav