^ scally ^

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 11:54, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

"townie" was the insult du jour for me that day

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 11:55, Reply)

Charva
I still wonder where "chav" came from
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:03, Reply)

council house and violent

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:08, Reply)

Isn't that a 'backronym'?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:09, Reply)

I believe so
but its the commonly believed truth, I wouldn't want to tax poor Sporters bovine brain with references to the Romani language
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:11, Reply)

CHMARRS

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:10, Reply)

"council housed and violent" innit?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:09, Reply)

I believe it comes from an old Roman word meaning 'young boy', although I could be wrong.
When I was a kid in Berwick, the word 'chavvy' was used instead of 'lad'.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:10, Reply)

I first heard charva about 15 years ago

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:11, Reply)

+y
From Oxford dictionary:
1990s: probably from Romany chavo 'boy, youth' or chavvy 'baby, child': sometimes said to have originated in Chatham, Kent, and to be a shortening of that name
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:12, Reply)

Wikipedia, that great font of accurancy, says:
The term has its origins in the Romani word chavi, meaning "child".
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:14, Reply)