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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Chav is a slang term which has been in wide use throughout the United Kingdom since around 2000 � though probably has older, regional roots. It refers to a subcultural stereotype of a person with fashions such as flashy 'bling' jewellery and counterfeit designer clothes or sportswear, an uneducated, uncultured, impoverished background, a tendency to congregate around places such as fast-food outlets, bus stops, or other shopping areas, and a culture of antisocial behaviour.
Response to the term has ranged from amusement to criticism that it is a new manifestation of classism.
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