I’m into the look (burberry/plaid, tattoos and tracksuits) and also the idgaf/take no shit attitude they have. First guy to flirt with me and ask me out matched this description so ig that left an impression lol

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

      “Chav” (/tʃæv/), 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.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan

      Bogan (/ˈboʊɡən/ BOHG-ən[1]) is Australian and New Zealand slang to describe a person whose speech, clothing, behaviour, or attitudes are considered unrefined or unsophisticated.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopnik

      A gopnik[a] is a member of a delinquent subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and in other former Soviet republics—a young man (or a woman, a gopnitsa) of urban working-class background.[2]

      Think “bad boy”.

      Bad boy archetype, a male who behaves badly within societal norms yet is attractive to women.

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          I didn’t run into “gopnik” or “chav” (or “tankie” or some other terms) much until I started hanging out on /r/Europe—they’re really not used a whole lot here in the US, if that’s where you are.

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      Urban Dictionary is your friend. The people described by those words tend to be the underprivileged if not also poorly educated people who turn to certain expensive fashion (and sports) brands along with a hard man (or woman) attitude to enhance their apparent status.

      Frankly, I’d rather they spend their money and time on that than the other things similar groups also turn to, like drugs or nationalism. (Although in many cases it goes hand-in-hand, unfortunately, which only serves to amplify the hate from the rest of society.)

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      I knew “chav” was British slang, but I found it hilarious that the OP provided synonyms that didn’t help in any sense.