What is a “Chav“? It’s a Brit slang, and the easiest way that I can explain it is: imagine an middle/upper-middle class yobbo or white-trash. They are the living proof of the saying that:

Money does not buy class or taste

So if the following people lived in the UK then they’d be called a Chav or a Chavette. From America we have Britney and Kevin:


Oh come on, he just got his girlfriend pregnant for the second time and he left her for Britney, and Britney is ok with that!? No class.

From Australia we got Heath Ledger and Russell Crowe:

(Updated 23rd Jan 2008 – In light of his death, Heath is not too bad actually) Heath … because he’s surly and rude all the time to the media. Come on you are a *media* personality, this is your job – don’t act like you are doing us a BIG favour. Ditto Russell. What!? You can’t use a mobile phone to call your wife? Good actors, lousy personalities. No class.

And it was through these two that I discovered the slang because I read online that the British tabloids termed their wedding, the “Chav wedding of the year“.

He is Peter Andre, one time popstar here. One time meaning for a few months. She is Jordan, a “model” known for her big knockers and not much more. How do ppl like these become “celebrities”??? But I don’t really know why they would be chav – maybe it’s the tacky pink Cinderella wedding coach, the pink thrones, them singing a duet of “A Whole New World” for their wedding guests. Maybe.

And apparently these two are the King and Queen of chav.

One was silly enough to marry the other and the other is smart enough to choose the right coattails to hang on to. Not only are some of their possessions a tad over austentatious, their personal affairs had been tacky and tawdry as well. Hmm, ok I see why.

Btw, anyone got examples of Chinese ones? :)