chavi

The word's origins are unclear: it may derive from the Romany word "chavi", meaning "child", but it is now usually understood as an acronym for "council house and violent".

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones – review 2011

The word's origins are unclear: it may derive from the Romany word "chavi", meaning "child", but it is now usually understood as an acronym for "council house and violent".

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones – review 2011

As in Jackiey Budden mother of Jade Goody saying of her briefly troubled daughter: "She'll al-ays be mee chavi".

Dale's Academy of Political Correction: Ban Word 'Toff' 2008

My dictionary suggests it is a chavi distortion of "Tuft".

Dale's Academy of Political Correction: Ban Word 'Toff' 2008

The way we do things in England does not include the smell of curry cooking, the extravaganza of carnival, the mounting of chavi satellite dishes, or alas the frummy curls and hot girls allegedly at this link of those orthodox jews over there?

Nadine on Gypsies and Smacks 2007

Whereas, notes Mr Dale blogger-by-appointment, it was different on the perhaps slightly less incendiary matter of Shilpa getting the rough end of some right old-fashioned chavi behaviour from the Troika-of-'Telligence wot is Jo O'Meara, Danielle Lloyd and Jade Goody.

Archive 2007-01-14 2007

"She's a right l'il ray of sunshine mi chavi is", as Jackiey might say.

Archive 2007-01-14 2007

The way we do things in England does not include the smell of curry cooking, the extravaganza of carnival, the mounting of chavi satellite dishes, or alas the frummy curls and hot girls allegedly at this link of those orthodox jews over there?

Archive 2007-04-15 2007

He's too hoot of a mush to rocker a choori chavi. '

Aylwin Theodore Watts-Dunton 1873

From that moment she felt as strongly as any Gorgie ever felt the fine sentiment expressed in the phrase, _noblesse oblige_; and to hear her say, 'I'm a duke's chavi

Aylwin Theodore Watts-Dunton 1873