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like chav, for instance.

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In Spanish, chavo(a) means a young person. In Puerto Rico, they use the word "chavos" as a slang term for money, as in "I don't have the chavos yet. Payday is tomorrow."

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Kev is common around London



Hmmm, I thought that was Chicago...

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Neat article, m--thanks for posting it!
sovereign rings Rings made from, or made to look like, gold coins?
‘council-house facelift’ Struck me as not very nice, but having learnt that a council estate more or less equates to our housing projects, I think I got that one.
deeply insulting pikey Don't know if I've heard the word pikey, but I wouldn't have known it was "deeply insulting". I know piker is, though I don't know what it means.

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Kev is common around London



Hmmm, I thought that was Chicago...




Our Kev isn't common anywhere.

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Enjoyed that article.

First read "council house facelift" as originating with the wearers, and thought it was pretty funny, then reconsidered.

First read "chav" as "schav," a cold soup made with "sour grass," to add something apropos nothing.


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