American Slang The term chav is stated as being equivalent to the american concept of white trash or trailer trash This is incorrect White Trash and Trailer Trash tend to be a less civilized country style of person The typical concept of a redneck A chav appears to be more closely related to a wigger or a poser This is the type of person who tries to dress and act as if they are thugs raised on the streets as if they are black However rarely are these people actually black Even more rarely are they actually thugs They tend to be rich or well off middle class white kids