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27-421: "JASH" was picked as the name of the channel instead of "JOSH" because that name was already taken. Later on the backronym "Just Attitude So Hey" was created to fit the "JASH" name. Jash was formed under the YouTube Original Channel Initiative in October 2012. The channel was launched on March 10, 2013, concurrent with a kickoff panel by the creative team during South by Southwest ( SXSW ), broadcast live on

54-511: A 2007 article in The Guardian . The widespread use of the "chav" stereotype has been criticised. Some argue that it amounts to simple snobbery and elitism. Critics of the term have argued that its users are "neo-snobs", and that its increasing popularity raises questions about how British society deals with social mobility and class. The Fabian Society considers the term to be offensive and regards it as "sneering and patronising" to

81-525: A fanciful explanation of a word's origin". Many fictional espionage organizations are backronyms, such as SPECTRE (special executive for counterintelligence, terrorism, revenge and extortion) from the James Bond franchise. For example, the Amber Alert missing-child program was named after Amber Hagerman , a nine-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered in 1996. Officials later publicized

108-557: A largely voiceless group. On describing those who use the word, the society stated that "we all know their old serviette/napkin, lounge/living room, settee/sofa tricks. But this is something new. This is middle class hatred of the white working class, pure and simple. The Fabian Society have been highly critical of the BBC in using the term in broadcasts. Use of the term 'chav' was reported in The Guardian in 2011 as "class abuse by people asserting superiority". Writer Owen Jones also criticised

135-420: A type of false etymology or folk etymology . The word is a portmanteau of back and acronym . A normal acronym is a word derived from the initial letters of the words of a phrase, such as radar from "radio detection and ranging". By contrast, a backronym is "an acronym deliberately formed from a phrase whose initial letters spell out a particular word or words, either to create a memorable name or as

162-455: Is a new manifestation of classism . The Guardian in 2011 identified issues stemming from the use of the terms " hoodies " and "chav" within the mass media, which had led to age discrimination as a result of mass media-created stereotypes. In 2005 the fashion house Burberry , whilst deriding chavs, claimed that the widespread fashion in the UK of chavs wearing its branded style (Burberry check)

189-514: Is an evolution of previous working-class youth subcultures associated with particular commercial clothing styles, such as mods , skinheads , and casuals . In a February 2005 article in The Times , Julie Burchill argued that use of the word is a form of "social racism ", and that such "sneering" reveals more about the shortcomings of the "chav-haters" than those of their supposed victims. The writer John Harris argued along similar lines in

216-459: Is commonly stated to mean "possible assistance needed", whereas it is in fact derived from the French word panne , meaning 'breakdown'. chav " Chav " ( / tʃ æ v / ), also " charver ", " scally " and " roadman " in parts of England , is a British term, usually used in a pejorative way. The term is used to describe an anti-social lower-class youth dressed in sportswear. The use of

243-466: Is often believed to be an abbreviation for "save our ship" or "save our souls" but was chosen because it has a simple and unmistakable Morse code representation – three dots, three dashes, and three dots, sent without any pauses between characters. More recent examples include the brand name Adidas , named after company founder Adolf "Adi" Dassler but falsely believed to be an acronym for "all day I dream about sport". The word Wiki

270-561: Is recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary as first used in a Usenet forum in 1998 and first used in a newspaper in 2002. By 2005, the term had become widely used to refer to a type of anti-social , uncultured youth, portrayed as wearing excessive flashy jewellery, white athletic shoes , baseball caps , and sham designer clothes . Similarly, girls are portrayed as commonly wearing clothes which expose their midriffs. In his 2011 book, Chavs: The Demonization of

297-454: Is said to stand for "what I know is", but in fact is derived from the Hawaiian phrase wiki-wiki meaning 'fast'. Yahoo! , sometimes claimed to mean "yet another hierarchical officious oracle", in fact was chosen because Yahoo's founders liked the word's meaning of "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth" (taken from Jonathan Swift 's book Gulliver's Travels ). The distress call " pan-pan "

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324-559: Is the American Contract Bridge League's tools to address cheating in online bridge games. EDGAR was originally named for Edgar Kaplan, whose many contributions to the game included groundbreaking efforts to reduce illegal partnership communication. The new EDGAR tools expected to debut in early 2024 have been launched with the backronym "everyone deserves a game above reproach". Many United States Congress bills have backronyms as their names; examples include

351-423: Is unknown, but more likely related to Romani påš xåra ('half-penny') or to Urdu (borrowed from Persian ) safed-pōśh ('white robes'), a term for wealthy people. Another example is the word chav , which is a derogatory term for a working-class youth. This word is probably of Romani origin but commonly believed to be a backronym of "council-housed and violent". Similarly, the distress signal SOS

378-498: The Daily Star running headlines reading, "Good riddance to chav scum: real life Vicky Pollard evicted", both referring to a BBC comedy character (see § In the media below) . A 2006 survey by YouGov suggested 70% of TV industry professionals believed that Vicky Pollard was an accurate reflection of white working-class youth. Response to the stereotype has ranged from amusement to criticism, with some saying that it

405-599: The USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act) of 2001, and the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act). Sometimes a backronym is reputed to have been used in the formation of the original word, and amounts to a false etymology or an urban legend . Acronyms were rare in the English language before

432-454: The podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! On November 7, 2017, JASH was acquired by Group Nine Media , which Discovery Communications (later Discovery Inc. ) held a 35% stake in. Group Nine has since been folded into Vox Media . Backronym A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase. Backronyms may be invented with either serious or humorous intent, or they may be

459-492: The 1930s, and most etymologies of common words or phrases that suggest origin from an acronym are false. Examples include posh , an adjective describing stylish items or members of the upper class. A popular story derives the word as an acronym from "port out, starboard home", referring to 19th-century first-class cabins on ocean liners , which were shaded from the sun on outbound voyages east (e.g. from Britain to India ) and homeward voyages west. The word's actual etymology

486-465: The BBC comedy series, The Catherine Tate Show , have been associated with the chav stereotype. The character Ali G , created by Sacha Baron Cohen originally for The 11 O'Clock Show and eventually gaining more popularity due to the Da Ali G Show , is described as using "the chav's putative anti-intellectuality to critique radical political stances". The BBC comedy series Little Britain features

513-625: The Working Class , Owen Jones argued that the word is an attack on the poor. In the 2010 book Stab Proof Scarecrows by Lance Manley, it was surmised that "chav" was an abbreviation for " council housed and violent". Others regard this as a backronym . This interpretation of the word was used in a 2012 public statement by rapper Plan B as he spoke out to oppose the use of the term. In 2013, linguist David Crystal said on BBC Learning English : People talk about "chav behaviour" or "chav insults" and that sort of thing. Oh, don't believe

540-526: The backronym "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response". An example of a backronym as a mnemonic is the Apgar score , used to assess the health of newborn babies. The rating system was devised by and named after Virginia Apgar . Ten years after the initial publication, the backronym APGAR was coined in the US as a mnemonic learning aid: appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration. Another example

567-479: The character Vicky Pollard (portrayed by Matt Lucas ), a parody of a teenage female chav. In the British television series Misfits , the character of Kelly Bailey is presented as a stereotypical chav. Lauren Socha , the actress who portrays Kelly, has described the character as being "a bit chavvy". The Times has referred to the character as "[a] chavvish girl", and the character has been said to possess

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594-425: The chav stereotype includes wearing branded designer sportswear , which may be accompanied by some form of flashy gold jewellery otherwise termed as " bling ". They have been described as adopting "black culture". In a case where a teenage woman was barred from her own home under the terms of an anti-social behaviour order in 2005, some British national newspapers branded her "the real-life Vicky Pollard " with

621-681: The popular etymologies that you read sometimes in the press and on websites. I saw one the other day, people said, "It's an acronym, 'chav', from 'council house and violent'"—well, no, it isn't, that was made up in recent times. It has also been suggested that the term is derived from the name of the town of Chatham , in Kent, but the Oxford English Dictionary thinks this is "probably a later rationalization". Besides referring to loutish (ill-mannered) behaviour, violence, and particular speech patterns (all of which are stereotypes ),

648-726: The term "roadman" used in England. In Newfoundland , " skeet " is used in a similar way, while in Australia, " eshay " or "adlay" is used. Opinion is divided on the origin of the term. "Chav" may have its origins in the Romani word "chavi" ("child") or "chaval" ("boy"), which later came to mean "man". The word "chavvy" has existed since at least the 19th century; lexicographer Eric Partridge mentions it in his 1950 dictionary of slang and unconventional English, giving its date of origin as c. 1860. The word in its current pejorative usage

675-603: The use of the term in his book Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class . By 2004, the word was used in national newspapers and common parlance in the UK. Susie Dent 's Larpers and Shroomers: The Language Report , published by the Oxford University Press , designated it as the "word of the year" in 2004. Characters described as "chavs" have been featured in numerous British television programmes, as well as films. The character, clothing, attitude and musical interests of Lauren Cooper and her friends in

702-469: The word has been described as a form of " social racism ". "Chavette" is a related term referring to female chavs, and the adjectives "chavvy", "chavvish", and "chavtastic" are used to describe things associated with chavs, such as fashion, slang, etc. In other countries like Ireland, " skanger " is used in a similar manner. In Ontario (particularly in Toronto ), the term is " hoodman ", an equivalent of

729-655: Was due to the widespread availability of cheaper counterfeit versions. The large supermarket chain Asda has attempted to trademark the word "chav" for a line of confectionery. A spokeswoman said, "With slogans from characters in shows such as Little Britain and The Catherine Tate Show providing us with more and more contemporary slang, our 'Whatever' sweets — now nicknamed chav hearts — have become very popular with kids and grown-ups alike. We thought we needed to give them some respect and have decided to trademark our sweets." A BBC TV documentary suggested that chav culture

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