On 09/12/2016 10:09 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 09/12/16 11:58, Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:


Shiv seems to be Romany, like chav, but spiv is slang that's passed into
general usage.

Slav is of course - er - slavic or is it Slavonic?


I was watching The Thick Of It last night, and Malcolm Tucker said
something like "all I have is a something and a chiv". Not a word I'm
familiar with, but it appears to be some kind of knife.

shiv, not chiv.

Romany for a blade



'Shiver me timbers' takes on a whole new meaning. :-)