Kev
English
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Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kɛv/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛv
Proper noun
editKev
- A diminutive of the male given name Kevin.
Noun
editKev (plural Kevs)
- (UK, slang, derogatory) A working-class male.
- 2005, Tracey Skelton, Gill Valentine, Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures, page 260:
- […] the middle-class males we interviewed also reported that they had to take security measures in relation to fears about intimidation from working-class 'Kevs', as well as racialised anxieties about black youth.
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