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Thread #131198   Message #2963419
Posted By: MGM·Lion
12-Aug-10 - 03:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: translations from the British
Subject: RE: BS: translations from the British
Most of these attempts to backform acronyms as 'origins' of words, as in above supposed derivation of 'chav', are a sort of 'folk etymology' more fanciful than reliable.   

~Michael~