Robert Siegel talks with Verity Jennings, a recent graduate of Leeds Metropolitan University in Britain. Jennings' thesis analyzed the popularity of the term "chavs" in hundreds of newspaper stories.

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class (Verso) is the first book of a young writer who is set to go far. Owen Jones grew up in Stockport, England, and received his first degree from Oxford. He ...

EastEnders star Danny Dyer has revealed that he's nicknamed pregnant daughter Dani's unborn child 'the chav'. Speaking on his Sorted With The Dyers podcast, the 43-year-old actor jokingly referred to ...

'Chav' is a word that we heard all the time, like ten years ago! But it’s starting to pop up again, with quite a few creators on TikTok and other platforms making videos that take the mick out of ...

The way we talk says a lot about us. Or does it? Whether you sound 'posh' or 'chav', you may be changing the way you speak to fit in. So are we all faking it? Find out more: If there is a buzzword in ...