Chavs

[T_Bone]

I think I've finally found an American equivalent to Chavs. The people who hang out in Denny's Restaurants.

[KennyR]

They spread like a disease. It was only a matter of time before your country got sick too. Expect to have to pay for them, no matter what political party you vote for.

[whabang]

They're everywhere. Unfortunately, the Swedish word for chav would probably be equivalent to "paki"; the white-trash wave missed us the first time.

[bloodline]

whabang wrote:
They're everywhere. Unfortunately, the Swedish word for chav would probably be equivalent to "paki"; the white-trash wave missed us the first time.

What an unfortunate name... paki has another meaning in English...

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Here in nl it's known since year and day as "Sjonnies" (male name, in plural, kinda like Johnny) and "Anita's".
There was a tv-serie about that phenomenon back in the 80's, early 90's, called Flodder. Now there's something alike, tis a "real-life" soap about the "Tokkies".

[iamaboringperson]

T_Bone wrote:
I think I've finally found an American equivalent to Chavs. The people who hang out in Denny's Restaurants.

The Australian equivilent might be the kids who hang out side McDonalds.

I wonder if the US has the equivilent of what we call 'derro's'

[Karlos]

@iama

They *are* the kids who hang around outside McDonalds...

Perhaps the Antipodean genus of chav may dress differently but clearly they exhibit similar behavioural patterns :lol:

[adz]

The Australian equivilent might be the kids who hang out side McDonalds.

They used to be called Marios's and Maria's, now both terms have been replaced with Muzza, from what I remember anyway, now I just refer to them as wankers.

[iamaboringperson]

adz wrote:

The Australian equivilent might be the kids who hang out side McDonalds.

They used to be called Marios's and Maria's, now both terms have been replaced with Muzza, from what I remember anyway, now I just refer to them as wankers.

Yeah, but 'wankers' covers too many different types of 'assholes', and 'assholes' is an umbrella term for too many types of 'wankers'. ;-)

Never heard Marios's, Maria's, or Muzza's? Is that Greek or Italian??

[adz]

Yeah, but 'wankers' covers too many different types of 'assholes', and 'assholes' is an umbrella term for too many types of 'wankers'. ;-)

:lol:

Never heard Marios's, Maria's, or Muzza's? Is that Greek or Italian??

Its supposed to be making fun of Italians cruising around in their lowered V6 Commodores, along with a 4 inch exhaust tip and a pile of Pioneer 12inch subs in their boot. However, the term can be applied to abybody fitting this description, whether their Greek, Italian or Skippy.

[whabang]

What an unfortunate name... paki has another meaning in English...]What an unfortunate name... paki has another meaning in English...

I meant that word. We have no word for 'chavs', as those who fit into that cathergory are called various nicknames for darker-skinned foreigners instead.

[Bodie_CI5]

@ adz and iamaboringperson

In addition to the Marios and Marias, there are aslo the bogans (obviously) who reigned in the same era as the Marios. However, soon the Marios (identified by the mullet) became defunct (early 90s were the time that this species became extinct) whereas the bogan was able to morph! They became the aggressive "homie" modelling themselves on the rapper, and ares till distinguished today as either A) morphed bogan B) aggresive homie (with cap and baggy jeans and whatnot) C) the junkie homie who wreak havoc on the public transport system with their swearing and aggresiveness. Howvever, these last three find their roots in the mulleted bogan of the 80s.

[Karlos]

@Bodie_CI5

Thanks for the informative post on the chavanthropology of the  antipodean offshoots of this diverse and successful* species :lol:

*successful in the same way weeds are.

[Bodie_CI5]

@ Karlos

Glad to be of assistance.

However, there is one aspect of the bogan which I had not touched upon in my previous post:

The Bogan

The "Bogan" is the product of the 60s. It represents the negative side effect of the drug generation which is exemplified by the taste for aggresiveness over no issue at all. The stock standard outfit were stone washed jeans, Torana t-shirts (a make of car here) or of Metallica, Guns n' Roses etc tshirts (they were heavily into Heavy Metal) as well as the ubiquitous mullet. There have been unconfirmed sightings of these species, but unfortuantely they remain on government records as just that... unconfirmed. Although I must say I have sighted one or two on the public transport system. Alas, no government authority will believe me. :-( With heavy metal "losing" its reign over mainstream culutre in the late eighties and its supplanting with Glamour Rock and Grunge, there was a wilting away of this species. They became disaffected, and dispersed. They re-formed into Grunge enthusiasts but mainly into rap as this was more hard core than the other alternatives at the time. This morphing has left a whole generation of "new age bogans" fullof angst and thirst for violence in full view of the public. However, the worst kind would have to be the "junkie homie" of which I touched upon briefly before. But that can wait till a next post.

Here endeth the lesson.

[Robert17]

Heh you're kinda lucky, all we get here are kids who buy 1.0 litre cars for about £50 and then put a £2000 sound system in, and an exhaust the size of the drill that made the channel tunnel  :lol:  Shame their still a pile of poo at the end of the day  :-D

Robert