Kev
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortening.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kev
- A diminutive of the male given name Kevin.
Noun edit
Kev (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.