Chav?

[nq:1]I do know what a chav is... but I wonder why on earth I can't find it in any of ... Larousse... Is the term too new? Or somehow not PC (shouldn't be a problem for the dictionaries, though)? Or what?[/nq]
Yes, too new.
When I was a kid, the word "common" was used by some (not by me or my family - that would have been common) to refer to the sort of people who are now known as "

[nq:1]I do know what a chav is... but I wonder why on earth I can't find it in any of ... Larousse... Is the term too new? Or somehow not PC (shouldn't be a problem for the dictionaries, though)? Or what?[/nq]
As new as the phenomenon itself.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk news/story/0,3604,1330487,00.html

[nq:1]I do know what a chav is...[/nq]
or this:
Chav
The precise origin of chav is a matter of debate, but most people agree on its geography, namely that it probably began in Chatham, Kent, where it was best known until it gained its recent high profile. It seems that the word itself began as a derogatory label for an older underclass, gypsies, many of whom have lived in that area for

[nq:1]I do know what a chav is... but I wonder why on earth I can't find it in any of ... Larousse... Is the term too new? Or somehow not PC (shouldn't be a problem for the dictionaries, though)? Or what?[/nq]
It's a comparatively new slang term, with usage limited to the UK. For details on chavs and chavdom, check out:

[nq:1]It's a comparatively new slang term, with usage limited to the UK. For details on chavs and chavdom, check out: http://www.chavscum.co.uk/[/nq]
More like England rather than the UK. Scottish chavs are neds, according to my teenaged daughter.
Giles

[nq:2]It's a comparatively new slang term, with usage limited to the UK. For details on chavs and chavdom, check out: http://www.chavscum.co.uk/[/nq]
[nq:1]More like England rather than the UK. Scottish chavs are neds, according to my teenaged daughter.[/nq]
(South) Wales has chavs, according to my niece.

John

[nq:1](South) Wales has chavs, according to my niece.[/nq]
Surely siafs?

[nq:2](South) Wales has chavs, according to my niece.[/nq]
[nq:1]Surely siafs?[/nq]
That may depend on how much Welsh you think is spoken in Swansea - in November a specially-commissioned performance of Hamlet in Welsh, with a cast of 32, played in the 1000-seat Grand Theatre to an audience of 28! For the Cardiff performances they took the precaution of handing out free tickets...

[nq:2](South) Wales has chavs, according to my niece.[/nq]
[nq:1]Surely siafs?[/nq]
-)