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Kevin; Kev
noun
a working-class youth considered to be a vulgar or threatening presence UK
This derogatory usage by Kevin’s upper- and middle-class contemporaries derives from the commonness of the name. Originally restricted to Cornwall and London.- I mean, I’m not saying Kevs are thick, because I do have some Kev friends who are pretty good blokes, they’re quite intelligent....I think if you live in a poor area you’re better off being a Kev, because there’s going to be more Kevs around. — P. Watt & K.Stenson, Cool Places, p. 260, 1998
- [I]nner London kids talk about townies, too, and also call them Kevs (I tried out this term in the countryside, where it was met with bemusement). — Geraldine Bedell, The Observer, 9 December 2001
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