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Extract from http://www.odps.org/slangs.html
Scally, scallies n. (stereotype)
Name for a person who wears lots of sports clothes,
often Adidas or Nike, and tend to hang out on streets
drinking cider and usually likes to listen to dance
music., The scally is a generalisation and usually
a degrading word, often the scally isn't aware that
they are one, of will at least not admit to it (usually
they're not the sharpest tool in the box so probably
wouldn't realise anyway.
In the mid-seventies a hardcore group of Liverpool supporters followed the
team into and all over Europe. Along the way they stole and robbed from many
sports goods stores. They brought these goods back to sell and wore them too.
Hence the beginning of the `scally´ football fashion which began to spread
nationwide in the very early eighties. Regional variations on the word to
describe football supporters are easy to give: Manchester, Perry boys; SE,
Casuals; Sheffield/ Yorkshire, Townies or Trendies. This most underrated of
scenes eventually spliced into the warehouse party scene. The etymology of the
word itself can be guessed at by looking at a word which covered the same
meaning on Merseyside with an older generation. 'Buck´ or ``Bucko´ meant a
young man who was wild and in trouble with the police for relatively petty
offences. Its precise etymological history is Irish, brought over by the wave of
immigrants into the area. The word is still used by Merseyside Police as a slang
term to describe a young male offender of repute. This definition mirrors the
meaning of `scally´. Which as a word again has Irish origins.
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Extract from http://www.odps.org/slangc.html
Charver, Chava adj. 'He's a right little
Charva'. Used to describe group of youths usually described as 'townies'
or 'kappa slappers' else where. Charvas typically wear things like Kappa
tracksuits and Berghaus jackets, smoke Lambert and Butler cigarettes
amongst other things, have hooped gold earrings, spit constantly and
wear at least one gold sovereign ring (a gold band attached to the bottom
of a gold sovereign coin) on each hand. Most people seem to grow out
of 'charvadom' by their early twenties, although may still carry a few
of the habits through to later life and will by then probably drive
a souped-up XR2I, with blacked-out rear windows and a 5000 watt stereo
system. Another trait common to the charva is a loud, slightly sarcastic,
nasal laugh and slow 'can't really be bothered to talk' speech. Typical
slang words that Charvas use are 'belta', 'mint' and 'waxa' all meaning
good or great, with the prefix of 'pure' or 'total' this would mean
really good (I couldn't be bothered to send separate entries for these
words, sorry). The word charva has been in common use in the North East
since the mid-nineties.
Another submission on this word goes as
follows:
In current usage here in Kent - primarily by teenagers as a term of abuse - as
in "he's a right Chav." Describes someone who wears Reebok or Adidas
trainers, gold jewellery and is likely to be a shop lifter. Girl Chavs wear big
gold hoop earrings and like pop music (as opposed to rock, metal, grunge etc.) ,
Would be very interested to hear any feed back on this as this one word has made
me feel like a very out of touch parent!! My daughter was bought an Adidas bag
which she refused to use for fear of being called a "Chav". She then
gave me the above description, and other teenagers I've asked have given the
same with little variation.
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