Here we go... Now Chav is from our word "Chavo" which just means "boy". In English it has come to refer to a criminal subclass in the British Isles. I am annoyed with that because such a nice word was ruined like that in the general eye. Gadge is our word "Gadje" (also spelled Kadje, Gorgio, and others including... Gadge) which means "non-Rromani". I have NO clue what it means in English. Minge?? Oh my. It is our word "mindj" which means, pardon, "pussy". It is slang for a coward. Radge, I have not seen. It could be simply another spelling of Gadje or something so oddly spelled that I am not getting it. Or... a word that I do not know. Chor could be from our "Choro" which means "poor". I have never seen "chor" being used by Gadje before so I might be way off. I would need to see it used in a sentence. Chor also is "beard" in another dialect ("chor"). It could also be "pour" in another dialect ("chorel"). Confused yet? Oh, the dialect that I barely speak (actually only know a few words and phrases) is Kalderash and there are a kazillion other dialects so, well, you can imagine the confusion. Also, the Gadje-dized words (I just made that up) are not spelled as we do. Actually, other than mindj and chav I would need to see them used in context to figure out what meaning they are sticking on them. I cannot imagine Gadje being used by Gadje other than in reference to Rrom/Gadje interaction.

From my understanding, and this is just from general language useage, not from reasearch... Radge is someone who walks around causing trouble, not directly hitting people, but knocking them out of his way or shouting at them over the smallest thing ect. Chav is normally a lower teenage child who wears tracksuit bottoms, hoodies (with a baseball cap under the hood) and Rebok classics (or shell suits). The generally hang around on street corners making a nuicense of themselves (nothing serious, just smoking (weed?) and drinking rubish). They might get involved in a bit of crime, mugging ect, but its rare they will find anyone they can mug. Minge is a slang word for a woman's vagina, generally referring to one which is very hairy.

sorry! Neo ei hwor ma?

1) radge: "- Adjective radge (Geordie) Violent or crazy. That fight last night was radge - Noun radge (plural radges) (Geordie, Scotland) A fit of rage. He hoyed a propa radge when a telt him - Verb to radge (Geordie) To throw a fit of rage." Source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radge But the real origin is Romani! 2) gadge: "English gadgie (plural gadgies) (Geordie, pejorative) An old man. (Geordie) A watchman." Source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gadgie Here also, the real origin is Romani! 3) chav: "Etymology Origin uncertain; probably of Romani origin. Compare Romani chavi (“‘male child’”), chavo (“‘female child’”), chal (“‘boy’”), chavvy (“‘mate, friend’”); possible cognate with Spanish chaval. See also charva. (UK, pejorative) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle." Source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chav "The word 'pal' meaning 'friend' comes from the English Romani word for 'brother', and the word 'chav' comes from the English Romani word for'boy' which is 'chavvy'." Source: "What is English Romani?" http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/literacy/wordclasses/discovermore/Romani/RomaniInBritain.swf 4) chor: "Etymology Possibly derived from the Romani word chor (“‘thief’”). - Verb to chor (Geordie) To steal." http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chor 5) minge: ""Etymology Anglo-Romani, from Romani mintš (“‘female genitals’”). minge (plural minges) 1. (UK, vulgar, slang) The pubic hair and vagina. 2. (Verification for this usage is being sought)+: (UK, slang) Name for Felis Silvestris Catus (cat). Common usage in Northern England." Source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/minge Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minge" ------------------------------------------- 6) radge and gadgie came to English through the Geordie dialect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie "Romani has lent many words to English, including posh, pal, dukes (meaning fists, as in the expression "put up your dukes"), and lollipop. These mostly turn up in slang—such as gadgie (man), shiv or chiv (knife), cushty or cooshtie (good) — and in regional dialects, such as radge (adj bad or angry, noun a state of irritation) in northeast England and southeast Scotland and jougal (dog) in southeast Scotland and parni (water) and bewer (woman) in West Yorkshire in England, also seen as beor in Corkonian slang within Hiberno-English. Urban British slang shows an increasing level of Romani influence, with some words becoming accepted into the lexicon of standard English (for example, chav from an assumed Anglo-Romani word, possibly charvy meaning either "baby" or "mate" depending on context, chavi meaning girl child or charver meaning prostitute)." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_language#Romani_loanwords_in_English 7) "Romani words borrowed into English of various dialects": "chava 'man', 'child', 'boy' - S1+2 - (Rom. čavo 'boy') - ..." "chore 'to steal', 'thief', 'theft/raid' - he chured my pen, he's a chure, are you on the chure? - S1+2 - (Rom. čor- 'steal') - ..." "gadgy 'man', 'person' - that old gadgie is my grandad - S1+2 - (Rom. gadž-o/i 'non-Gypsy man/woman) - ..." "minge 'vagina' - S2 - (Rom. mindž) - ..." "On the whole it can be said that, while many English speakers probably know and use words that may have originated in Romani, few are aware of it and so the terms do little to heighten awareness of linguistics in general, etymology in specific, the Romani language or Romani culture, thus proving interesting almost exclusively to those already aware of these topics." http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Romani (a very interesting article)

Ok - Radge is mostly used by Scot's travellers - meaning wound up - excited, or in a rage about something. It is from Scot's cant. Gadge is Gadje - or Gorgio, meaning a non-gypsy. Chav is child but can also be brother - like in 'me ol' chavvie' (Anglo-Romani) Chor means to borrow - not quite the same connotation as the English word steal - nearly; as in 'Choring' Minge / mindj may be used like 'sissy' - it means vagina - 'you pussy', etc. How did I do?