This may seem like an odd question as many people call themselves chavs, Well let me explain a different point of view.
The definition of chav is.
“a young person who wears fashionable sportswear or flashy jewelry but is regarded as badly behaved or as having lower-class taste”
The lower-class part is important for many in the middle and upper-class chav has become a way for them to insult the poorest people in our country.
“I don’t hate poor people but there’s no excuse for chav behavior” one gym in London openly uses the term “chav bashing” as a promotional tool.
This is extra problematic when you consider most chavs are people under 18.
This doesn’t help either both our major parties, Tories and Labour don’t seem to wanna tackle the issue.
Most chavs come from low-income areas and families where acting “hard” is more a survival method. And rather than helping these areas our government and opposition just want to punish young people.
In my own opinion yes chav should be considered a classist slur and we should push the government to help poor communities rather than vilify them.
For an interesting read, I would highly recommend chav by Owen Jones.
Lancashire lad politics 