"Lots of my friends grew up on housing estates - and some of them, like me, grew up in rented housing. Those people are not chavs and neither am I!"

Thats how you use the word Chav.

The fact is that the word chav is a derogatory term that refers with contempt to people perceived by the user to be lower class.


I do find it odd that so many of you take umbridge at being told that.


If you really want to call people chavs, thats fine - go ahead - call them anything you want.


The meaning and purpose of the word are what they are.