Chav vs. Emo

Chavnoun

A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.

Emonoun

A particular style of hardcore punk rock

Chav

(), also and in parts of England is a British pejorative term used to describe an anti-social lower-class youth dressed in sportswear. is a related term referring to female chavs, and the adjectives , , and are used to describe things associated with chavs, such as fashion, slang, etc.

‘Chav’; ‘charver’; ‘scally’; ‘Chavette’; ‘chavvy’; ‘chavvish’; ‘chavtastic’;

Emonoun

An individual or group of people associated with that subculture and musical style.

Emonoun

Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional

Emonoun

An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of that style of rock.

Emonoun

A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo.

Emoadjective

Emotional; sensitive.

Emoadjective

Depressed.

Emoadjective

Associated with youth subcultures embodying emotional sensitivity.

Emo

Emo is a rock music genre characterized by an emphasis on emotional expression, sometimes through confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of post-hardcore from the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement in Washington, D.C., where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace.