Chavs were made up by a middle/upperclass newspaper in 2004 to paint the working class as all animalistic thugs. They never actually existed, and like with The Loch Ness Monster, the stories of run-ins with them were always too ridiculous to be true

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    7 hours ago

    I’ve always seen chavs as the tracksuit wearing, loads of kids, living off smokes, scratch cards and pot Noddles that sit around soaking up benefits. I know that nay not be the proper definition of chav but I’m not sure what else to call them

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      7 hours ago

      You just described the average working class teen. What the media calls “Chavs” look like ordinary working class people except with a demonic twist that doesn’t exist.