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"text": "Coordinate term: chavette"
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"ref": "a. 2009, Dizzee Rascal (lyrics and music), “Creeper (Freestyle)”",
"text": "Lyrical staff / Never could they ever take me for a chav / Scholar in the English, scholar in the Math / Dizzee ain't no riff raff",
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"ref": "2011 June 18, “Giving the poor a good kicking”, in The Economist",
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"word": "pauper"
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"word": "teenager"
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"word": "troublemaker"
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"word": "bam"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "Barry boy"
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{
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"word": "bazza"
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"word": "benny"
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"word": "bogan"
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"word": "dobber"
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"word": "dresser"
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"word": "dumbo"
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{
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"word": "gazza"
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"word": "gippo"
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"word": "herbert"
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"word": "hood rat"
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"word": "poor white trash"
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"word": "prole"
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{
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"word": "puffy"
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{
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"word": "radgie"
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"word": "redneck"
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"word": "rudeboy"
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"word": "rudie"
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"word": "scally"
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"word": "scanger"
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"word": "schemie"
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"word": "scobe"
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"word": "scoundrel"
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"word": "scratter"
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{
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"word": "scrote"
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"word": "scrub"
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"word": "scrubber"
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"word": "scuffer"
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"word": "scutter"
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"word": "sham"
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"word": "skanger"
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"word": "skeet"
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"word": "smackhead"
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"word": "smick"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "snoopy"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "spide"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "steek"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "stig"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "sweeper"
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"word": "thug"
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"word": "thugette"
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"word": "townie"
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"word": "trailer trash"
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"word": "trev"
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"word": "vic"
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"word": "Westie"
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"word": "white trash"
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"word": "wigger"
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"word": "yarco"
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"word": "yob"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "MK (em¹ kei¹)"
},
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"code": "yue",
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "殺馬特"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāmǎtè",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "杀马特"
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
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"word": "八加九"
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
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"word": "阿明"
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"word": "marĝenulo"
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"word": "misgustulo"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "rakkari"
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
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"word": "racaille"
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
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"word": "cacou"
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"word": "Asi"
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
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"word": "Proll"
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"code": "el",
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"masculine"
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"word": "κάγκουρας"
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
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"masculine"
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"word": "עַרְס"
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"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
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"word": "tamarro"
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"word": "scugnizzo"
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"word": "ヤンキー"
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"word": "trombadinha"
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"word": "bombardier"
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"etymology_text": "Origin uncertain; probably of Angloromani origin. Compare Romani chavi (“male child”) or ćhavo, shavo (“female child”), chal (“boy”), chavvy (“mate, friend”), compare Swedish tjej; possibly cognate with Portuguese chavalo, Spanish chaval, German Chabo, Russian чувак (čuvak), Hungarian csávó. See also charva.\nA derivation from \"council-housed and violent\" is widely regarded as a backronym and folk etymology.",
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{
"form": "chavs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "chav (plural chavs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "pauper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "teenager"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "troublemaker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "villain"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "mush"
}
],
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{
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"English 1-syllable words",
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"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English offensive terms",
"English terms derived from Angloromani",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with unknown etymologies",
"Irish English",
"Min Nan translations",
"Multicultural London English",
"Rhymes:English/æv",
"Rhymes:English/æv/1 syllable",
"en:People"
],
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{
"text": "Coordinate term: chavette"
},
{
"ref": "a. 2009, Dizzee Rascal (lyrics and music), “Creeper (Freestyle)”",
"text": "Lyrical staff / Never could they ever take me for a chav / Scholar in the English, scholar in the Math / Dizzee ain't no riff raff",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011 June 18, “Giving the poor a good kicking”, in The Economist",
"text": "His book concerns ‘chavs’, a supposed underclass of ill-educated, fast-breeding, violent and amoral poor people currently plaguing Britain.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived \"common\" taste in clothing and lifestyle."
],
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[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"working-class",
"working-class"
],
[
"common",
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]
],
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"(UK, MLE, Ireland, derogatory, offensive) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived \"common\" taste in clothing and lifestyle."
],
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{
"word": "charva"
},
{
"word": "ned"
},
{
"word": "pikey"
},
{
"word": "chav"
}
],
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"Multicultural-London-English",
"UK",
"derogatory",
"offensive"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃæv/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æv"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-chav.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/En-uk-chav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "bam"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "Barry boy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "bazza"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "benny"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"Australia",
"New-Zealand"
],
"word": "bogan"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "bopper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "brush"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "charva"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"Tyneside"
],
"word": "charver"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "chav"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "dobber"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "dresser"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "dumbo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "gazza"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "gippo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "herbert"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "hood rat"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"Midlands"
],
"word": "kev"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"UK"
],
"word": "knacker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"SW-England"
],
"word": "mev"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
],
"word": "ned"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "nob"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "pikey"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "pleb"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "poor white trash"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "prole"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "puffy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "radgie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "rudeboy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "rudie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scally"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scanger"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "schemie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scobe"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "scoundrel"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scratter"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scrote"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scrub"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scrubber"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scuffer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scumbag"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scunner"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "scutter"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "sham"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "skanger"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"Newfoundland"
],
"word": "skeet"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "smackhead"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "smick"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "snoopy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "spide"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "steek"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "stig"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "sweeper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "thug"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "thugette"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "townie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "trailer trash"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "trev"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "vic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"Australia",
"New-Zealand"
],
"word": "Westie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "white trash"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"US"
],
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "yarco"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"word": "yob"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:chav",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
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}
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "MK (em¹ kei¹)"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "em¹ kei¹ zai²",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "MK仔"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "殺馬特"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "Mainland",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāmǎtè",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "杀马特"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bājiājiǔ",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "八加九"
},
{
"code": "nan",
"lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
"roman": "A-bêng",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
],
"word": "阿明"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"masculine"
],
"word": "marĝenulo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"masculine"
],
"word": "misgustulo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "rakkari"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "racaille"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cacou"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Asi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Proll"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kágkouras",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κάγκουρας"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'ars",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עַרְס"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tamarro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zingaro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coatto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scugnizzo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yankii",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "ヤンキー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chinpira",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"word": "チンピラ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dresiarz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dres"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dresiara"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "maloqueiro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "trombadinha"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bombardier"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cocalar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gópnik",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́пник"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dizelaš"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"Chile",
"masculine",
"slang"
],
"word": "flaite"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cani"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"feminine"
],
"word": "choni"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poligonero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligonera"
}
],
"word": "chav"
}
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