[auctiontheory]

What, pray tell, is a "chav"?

[edderly]

Pretty good background here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13626046

TL;DR Jersey Shore (sometimes minus the tan).

[primitur]

Politically-Okay discrimination against a cultural group not ones own.

I would say that the OP is one of the very serious reasons for the problems in Spain : that he considers 'a fucking cani' does not deserve 1200 euro's a month.

Socially inbred discrimination against other workers/classes in ones society are a key cause of economic disaster. Since there are whole classes of society who don't 'deserve' what they get all over the place ..

[tsotha]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478863/Cheltenham-la...

[jiggy2011]

As hilariously parodied by an amateur filmmaker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNaCHXrnr9U

[ropz]

Council House[1] And Violent

This is not the original etymology (see other replies) but I have heard it explained thus many times.

[1] Council House - A UK property owned by 'the council', a regional administrative and legislative body, and let to the disadvantaged.

[anigbrowl]

A ne'er-do-well. In a tracksuit.

[martythemaniak]

Ali G