General Chat

@Piglets Pal.... I am smiling here your Dad sounds just like mine, bless him.

Chillaxing :-( Is that the description of some one sticking their Bum in the Deepfreeze? :-D

Kay???? - you have just reminded me,
when I was growing up a woman on our street always wore a gold ankle chain (this was in the 50's) and I remember my dad saying (not to me) that only prostitutes wore them.

Then in the 80's they became one of the must have fashion items. Could never quite bring myself to wear one because of what I had heard my dad say.

And another thing said to me was 'never trust a man who wears white socks'

Oh crikey,

I remember my grandad--------wearing nail varnish.make-up ,only common people wear that muck. :-D.


,,,,, a woman going in a pub alone was seen as common,as was smoking in the street,,women with tatoos was nothing short of what a prostitue would have.


each generation has its whims for re-generating its play on words.

bet our grannies wouldnt have used,,,,,,get stuffed,up yours,etc.......but they were quite regular phases a few years ago and accepted as the norm.

lots of Essex girls were labled------- Chavs and Divas.but Chav is old hat so last year,

;-) :-D :-D

In our home/family small children are still little chavs

I hate it when a word is stolen from another culture/language and then used in a derogatory way.

A Chav is a small child and in my book always will be.

Any Scots out there with their cuccabina or caccabina (pardon the spelling!) which from my understanding is a baby with a poopy nappy etc.,

I also noticed earlier the word duff - to me & mine this means something is broken or useless.

And NAFF has a totally different meaning from sometime in the 60/70 - Not Avaialble For (having sex with)..... Much used by the upperclasses and made popular as an alternative to swearing by Princess Anne... She was regularly heard telling the press etc. to naff off.... :-D :-D :-D

I bet Chavs say 'Chillax' :-D

It's constantly used by the young people I work with, NanaSue, there are far more offensive words in the world. I can't bring myself to be precious about it, frankly.

You wouldn't "dare" use the word? What on earth are you afraid of?

I can't say I use it constantly myself, but I'm not scared to.

It's a shorthand comedy stereotype like many others in constant use and a lot less offensive than many.

The Fabian Society have stated that the term is deeply offensive and that it is "sneering and patronising" to a largely voiceless group.

WHAT????? Have you heard them speak at the usual mega watts? I am pretty sure they can voice an opinion the same as the rest of us.

It's the poor toddlers and babies in designer push chairs wearing 'labels' I feel sorry for. Yes, my daughter has expensive equipment for her children (which she also designs) but she also shops in bargain outlets. Not much point is letting grandson make mud pies dressed in Burberry...lololol

Guinevere refered to Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

Way down is a comment -spot on - which clearly explains the connotation of using the word locally today - a big change from way back when.

Rapper Plan B made a public statement on his website in March 2012 to oppose the use of the word "chav", describing the term "a derogatory phrase no different to the ones concerning race or sex". Speaking on BBC Radio 1Xtra he said, "When you attack someone for the way they talk, the way they dress, the music they listen to, or their lack of education and you do it publicly you make them alienated".

Wouldn't dare use the word

If someone told me to "chillax" they would be told to "naff off". As for using the word 'chav' I thought those that it applies to wore the word as a badge of honour.

Still I guess it's shorter than 'more money than fashion and tanning sense'

Me too Gwynne......** smirks at the memory ** :-P you ran off to France for the summer coz of them beastly gals . ;-)

That's me, Hayley. *proud*

I well remember the etiquette school we had on GR at one time.

*snigger*

I keep forgetting you were an orginal St Trinians Gwynne ;-)

Shell suits, sportswear, burberry and bling = Chav!

It's a look....................... :-0

Sounds plain rude to me, Hayley, glad I missed it.

Just talking to the pensioner and saying the word "chav" was unheard of when we were young and was trying to think of an equivalent.

He had the answer - "common".

At my "school for young ladies" our teachers discouraged us from wearing anything common, saying anything common or behaving in a "common" way.

I was never precisely sure of the definition and decided it was anything they didn't like. But my Mum and my Nain knew it when they saw it, oh yes.

I think that is the general gist of others penny, people being told to “chillax” was or is offensive, especially when the people advising others to chillax had at one time been quiet aggressive whilst addressing others, when the person was challenged by others they were told to chillax. :-D

Chavs aren't a particular ethnic group, it's a stereotypical term used by lots of people. It's not a flattering one, for sure. Not sure where you live, Nanasue, but I can't imagine anywhere in the UK where you can't say it aloud. Very strange.

People don't like being called chavs but, to quote the young ones again, "They shouldn't act like them then."

Wiki has an adequate definition.

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

I'm also reliably informed that Jeremy Kyle has a lot on his show.

I much prefer 'wind ya neck in', but I hasten to add, would would only use it in a playful way or to diffuse a situation.

I don't really understand "chav" as "chavvy" is the Romany word for child.

"Minging " is not quite the tasteful word for stinking that you might think either.

How would anyone actually use the word in the first person?

'I am going to Chillax...'' Nope I wouldn't say that. I may say I am going to relax for a bit ( stop what I am doing)

I wouldn't use it 'at' another person, ever! ''Why don't you chillax'' because I think it infers they need to take some time out and calm down, in which case I would say just that- If indeed I said anything.

From time to time my s in law tells me to take a chill pill - which means calm down and quite frankly I find it offensive.