Quicksticks

Used with 'in' as 'in quick sticks'. Derived from a game with he same name and used to mean: 'in rapid succession'. Later misused to mean: 'pronto'. or 'hurry up'.

This is the third cup of tea I've had in quicksticks.

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chav

The 'classic' idea of a chav is as a member of a working-class or underclass youth culture centred around tasteless imitation and embracing of consumer culture as an antidote to poverty and lack of hope. Although the chav stereotype is based upon reality, the concept is largely a media phenomenon that has ironically ended up as a self-fulfilling prophecy through imitation.

Overall, though the existence of a wasted youth element is a reality, pouring venom and vitriol on chavs is a favourite pastime for the semi-literate (who, unfortunately, are too illiterate to see their own deficiencies and that they are only a few steps away from the character they are attacking). In recent times the term 'chav' has made way for 'feral youth'; a term much favoured by working-class Tories and people who read lowbrow newspapers as a substitute for thinking.

Hey there's two chavs nicking your car! Oh sorry, it's just your mum and dad going to the supermarket.

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