That makes sense, as i know my school had other Romany words randomly in constant use by everyone. but weirdly I also remember chav going round as a verb, before it was in wider use, tho perhaps this was just overheard from Romany and being misused/confused/generally pejorative
I'm a youth worker and asked one of the 13 year olds in my Sunday School if chav was still a thing (I grew up in south London and was in West London at the time so wasn't sure about the regional differences) and got told it was like 'a female roadman' which didn't really answer my question at all
Yeah roadman has really come back round into common use, like it comes from black Carribbean British culture I think, but is now used pretty universally?
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