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Someone needs to tell this guy about affiliate marketing.
I worked there for 3 months last year, awful place
Almost exactly a year ago, the BBC profiled the 50th anniversary of the baseball cap and the "Chav" phenomenon in an online article. They provided a link to the site above and within a week the tabloids were devoting their own articles and commentary about this, erm, unique social group.
Original article:
Syzygy
responsible for introducing the word "Chav"
In its current use yes, but it has been around for some time as a coloquialism and from this form it led to the noun Chav or Charver. In it's original form, as a verb, you could been seen to 'Chav', although that would be likely to land you in trouble. The meaning before the onset of fake burberry and the hooped earing was; to take anothers property without permission.
i.e.
She chavved those boots from top shop
He chavved a copy of razzle from the 24 garage
We chav when no-one is looking
They chavved my bloody wing mirrors!
Etc, etc
There's got to be a limerick in the making involving a chav with a chiv in the lav..:-)
Syzygy
Essex_boy
You're right there. Soulless town famous only for producing the "actor" who use to play Ricky Butcher on Eastenders.
Had the misfortune to live there for a year (well Higham Ferrers actually). BIG MISTAKE!
Half the cars in the road were burnt out in the space of a year but worse than that was the NTL box was also torched one time. No bloody net access for 12 whole days.
Nice people - nice place. If you have a penchant for living in a cross between Coronation Street and Neighbours from Hell that is.
Worst time of my life.
