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What is the American term for the chavs, Mike?

You can see some of our finer specimens here: http://www.chavscum.co.uk/chavornot/index.php

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Old 11-Oct-2006, 12:30
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We use a different infix there.

Two great peoples divided by a common language.
I'd love to know the American equivalent of "Chav" myself. See if American has better name for such a disgusting specimen of humanity (if I may dare being brutally honest here ;)

2 great people divided by a common language AND a single ocean ;)
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What is the American term for the chavs, Mike?

You can see some of our finer specimines here: http://www.chavscum.co.uk/chavornot/index.php
We'd call them twenty-somethings, generation x, y, or z, punkers, etc.
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I think we'd need a bigger alphabet to use a letter to describe ours.
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I think we'd need a bigger alphabet to use a letter to describe ours.
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