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Bite_Me_21:

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--- Quote from: rostheferret on April 02, 2012, 05:19:18 PM ---I carried one with me for a year or so. Never used it though I drew it once; I used to get chav's who thought I'd be a good target for having long hair. It got tiring and I figured a flick knife to the thigh would solve things pretty quickly. Turns out they were pretty apologetic when they realise the target might fight back ^_^ I still have a flick knife - a different one, far sturdier and sharper one - which I keep in my desk drawer to open pesky over-wrapped packages. As for what I carry on me:

Phone; Wallet; Keys (Pen Drive attached); MP3 Player; Lighter (not always my smokes, my lighter just lives in my pocket). Nothing particularly interesting.

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England?

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Ok, I have to ask, that assumption is based on the stuff he carries, or the brittish flag in profile?  ;D

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Just curious what chavs mean. Didn't notice his flag though :P

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What american would call a street "gangsta". Kind of. In a sense. A bit.
... Those weird guys with hoodies standing at the corner when you go home from a bar at night, staring at you.  :D

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So the people who like starting fights and hoodlums lol

elvikun:
Basically, mix of everything I and metro said. But unless I'm mistaken, it originally refered to really poor really young people, so bearded hobos with a knife don't count  :D

rostheferret:
*Ponders*

I don't think chav's have quite an exact term over in the US, though hoodlum certainly comes close. Personally, I think "Sand People" are probably closer. It was originally lower class and poorer citizens, and whilst it's still most notable in less affluent areas it's spread somewhat. Think closer to a regression in evolution; people using words such as "innit" and "blud" to form entire conversations which seem meaningless to outsiders. Yes, on their own they're pretty harmless, though they're a territorial beast they don't want to get hurt. I've seen packs of 3 or 4 decide to leave me alone until they've got a couple more to join their ranks, just in case. Many join them by blending in - it's not hard, buy a "burberry" shirt and some jogging bottoms and you're pretty much there, maybe a fake gold chain and some brand name trainers to be on the safe side - and the further you are from this the more likely you are to provoke an attack. Many that blend are actually otherwise perfectly normal, it's just to prevent arousing suspicion. Me walking around with a band shirt and long hair naturally meant I was a frequent target, but like Sand People, "The Chav's are easily startled but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers." About the only positive thing about chav's are the fact that they aren't racist. They won't pick on a guy for being black, just if they don't conform in a materialistic manner.

EDIT: I believe "Guido" might be a better term than Hoodlum, if that helps.

metro.:
Wow Guido might actually be a very accurate description! Didn't even think of that.

I can think of a group of people that I know that are essentially Chavs, but not really easily generalized so I figured I'd just try to describe them...

Bite_Me_21:
You guys keep you wallet in your front pockets or the back pocket?

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