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chavette trend

chavette trend

9.9
A fashion style among young women in the UK with bright colours and shiny jewellery
  • noun
  • /ˈʧævɛt trɛnd/
  • NSFW
translation icon : tendencia chavette
  • She adopted the chavette trend by pairing large hoop earrings with tracksuits and flashy trainers.

Examples

  • The chavette trend influenced high street fashion with its use of bold colors and statement jewellery.

  • The chavette trend is popular among teenagers in London.

  • In the early 2000s, the chavette trend became popular among teenagers across the UK.

  • Have you noticed the chavette trends at the mall lately?

  • In the early 2000s, the chavette trend became popular among teenagers across the UK.

  • She adopted the chavette trend by pairing large hoop earrings with tracksuits and flashy trainers.

  • The chavette trend influenced high street fashion with its use of bold colors and statement jewellery.

Synonyms

fashion
vschavette trend
488 1.0

A popular style of clothes and how people look

is a specific look tied to young UK women, marked by bold flashy choices
vogue
vschavette trend
22 5.3

A style or idea that is fashionable now

is a specific UK young women's look focused on bold flashy clothes

Antonyms

understated
27 6.5

Simple and quiet in a way that looks elegant

How Flashy

ostentatious
11 7.7
chavette trend
  • NSFW
9.9
casual
81 1.3

Surface Forms

chavette trend singular
chavette trends plural

Morphology

chavette + trend

The noun 'trend' is transparent, but the crucial constituent 'chavette' is not a standard dictionary item and is slang (apparently derived from 'chav' + diminutive '-ette'), so its meaning is culture-bound and unknown to most learners. Because the key lexical piece is unfamiliar and requires sociocultural knowledge of British slang, the overall phrase's meaning cannot be reliably derived by a B1 learner who only knows basic constituent senses.

Etymology

The noun chavette trend comes from combining chav, a British slang word for a flashy young person, with the feminine ending -ette. Picture a young woman in a tracksuit, big hoop earrings and bright trainers, and that image explains why the phrase means 'a bold, flashy style popular with young women'.