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Wife tells me Chav originates from 'Cheltenham average'. She's a Stroud girl. So i think that could be your answer.
MetalMelly-
Chav originates from 'Cheltenham average'
I can confirm. Born and raised in Cheltenham, feel a bleak chill descend whenever I hit the Cotswolds on my way back home to visit.
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Wife tells me Chav originates from 'Cheltenham average'.
Disagree: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chav#Etymology
Personal research, but when I was a kid in Surrey 'chavi' or 'chavvy' just meant 'gypsy'; by extension 'to chav' was to steal: "who's chavved my pencil case?" I think that's the link from the Romany term to the modern use, rather than anything to do with Chatham, Cheltenham etc.
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chez_jay
Where are you? Am living near Newent so not too far from Stroud, what town do I need to avoid?
Heal up fast