What do you call your Dbag guys?
Posted by Puzzled-Ferret6649@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 398 comments
So, the guys with the tight clothes, steroid muscles, fake tan, fake white teeth. You know the type, the MTVs jersey shore of Britain.
What is the slang term for these type of dudes?
franki-pinks@reddit
Why does someone being muscly and having white teeth make them instantly a “dbag”?
tragic_princess-79@reddit
Chavs
FarInspection7883@reddit
As an alternative metalhead uk guy I can’t believe how incredibly close minded this comment section is.
My cousin has this aesthetic and is an incredibly lovely human being. Great with the ladies aswell mind.
This comment section screams more about you lot than them. I can almost smell you all. Way to be the exact Redditor stereotype
KnittyMossBadger@reddit
U wot mate
fishsupper@reddit
Spice Boys
Logical_Bake_3108@reddit
That might just be Scotland, not sure. Haven't heard that one in a while 😅
venusporcelain@reddit
It’s a extremely common word in Newcastle to describe the exact sort of person, or “spicer”
MJsThriller@reddit
Nope. Spice Boys originally from the 96 Liverpool squad when they were all trotting about in their white suits and curtains hairdos for i believe the FA Cup final. You'd never accuse them of being the same ilk as the Shore types
Careless_Orchid_6890@reddit
"Spice Boy" is a term often used to describe an over-groomed, stylishly dressed young man who is highly concerned with appearance, frequently associated with wearing tight clothing, branded fashion, and a confident, often arrogant, demeanour. It is also famously known as a nickname for a group of 1990s Liverpool F.C. players known for their flashy lifestyle.
fishsupper@reddit
That’s how it’s used in Glasgow!
MJsThriller@reddit
Maybe nowadays, fake scousers
_-CHUNK-_@reddit
That name got taken by the group of spiceheads found in most town centres.
Mobile-Stomach719@reddit
Also the nickname applied to the Liverpool football team circa 1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_Boys_(footballers)
S3lad0n@reddit
Oh the white suits. Even Redders wasn’t pulling that off
fishsupper@reddit
That’s the term in Glasgow. We have an abundance of proper drugs so nobody outside of Barlinnie does spice here. Horrible stuff.
the_roguetrader@reddit
you sure bout dat ?
Manchester is full of drugs but Spice took over on the street coz it's so cheap
the dealers even halved the price of a bag o' skag to a fiver to compete
I say this on a documentary, thought it was bullshit then a couple of months later I scored on the street up there and it was true
Celticbluetopaz@reddit
I didn’t know this one, love it.
venusporcelain@reddit
“Spice boys” in Newcastle
FunkyBlackSanta@reddit
twats
Jumpy-Jello-@reddit
Lego heads.
Hix53@reddit
Cunts
It might be blunt, but you know EXACTLY who I'm talking about.
Ok-Berry-7654@reddit
I don’t have a name for the guys themselves but those great big water bottles they carry around I call Douche Kegs.
billiesgarden@reddit
me and my boyfriend call them ITV 2 /New build people
Subject-Weakness-727@reddit
Professional Assholes
okaycompuperskills@reddit
If you say “Turkey teeth” people will know exactly who you mean
biglew112@reddit
Went to a techno rave in Manchester one time, normally techno raves I go to the crowd is amazing, very alternative and queer. This crowd was awful.
When people asked why, all I said was 'turkey teeth' and they instantly were just like 'ah yea fair enough'
contemplatingjazzz@reddit
Went to a sesh at Fold a few months back, DJ Gigola was supposed to be doing her minimal break stuff but it was Barcelona hard beats and turkey teeth everywhere, totally weak night me and the Mrs noped out quick smart
biglew112@reddit
At fold???? Awh man noooooo fold is one my fav venues in London. Guess we gotta just stick to unfold for now 😭
contemplatingjazzz@reddit
Unfold can be a blast, but btw it was full of men trying to creep on all the ladies there last I went, utterly disappointed; the security have total power to refuse entry to ppl who don’t fit the vibe; me and my lady are cis het but clearly down to chill with anyone, groups of leery men shouldn’t be admitted endlessly but the scene is shrinking and they need revenue I guess. I’m going to Tham’s set at E1 in June, we’ll see what the crowd’s like. I think Fold’s rep for scantly clad women (never mind the fact that there are so many trans/queer ppl) has hit mainstream twats and you know how that will go. Sad really.
biglew112@reddit
Ah man that's such a shame, fold was one of the last good venues.
E1 is a horrible venue, in the same vein as fabric etc. depends on the event though. It is a horribly run venue too, I remember there being ego death and then having some dancehall event on in another room ... Two completely different vibes and the people from the other event kept coming into ego death room and laughing at people.
Security are also fucking assholes there, I got sexually assaulted by one, he literally fondled My balls for over 30 seconds, didn't even bother to check my pockets
runner123456789@reddit
Oh yeh security are defo grabby. We all got all balls touched. My pal had 75 pills on him. Bouncer told him to give them over. Buddy passed em on and the bouncer just pointed for him to go inside
Intelligent-Mud-1039@reddit
An over 30 second ball fondling? There are some obvious avenues that need exploring here, no? Did you at least look him in the eye?
contemplatingjazzz@reddit
Aw man :/ good vibes to you, I’m gonna go and sesh the main act hopefully the artists are (relatively) ‘underground’ enough to not attract the gnarly vibes you’re describing. I’ve been once before the security were iffy but we were far too deep into a 2CB trip to really make sense of them aha
Exact-Character313@reddit
I've seen that. Manchester used to be the countries centre for raves, we would go to 3 a week back in the early 90s. Those were good days, although the legend of the hacienda were false. Good music but the place was a dive with a shit crowd.
I went to an arena trance rave a few months back. It was terrible, crowd was full of over dressed, tanned posers. Hardly anybody dancing except us sweaty mess few lines at the front. They were all just stood there with their phones out taking pictures of each other for hours. The younger ones weren't even drinking or taking any party pills. Something seriously went wrong with gen z
KeepItDusty88@reddit
Once a month he goes Miller and Carter
8 ounce steak and a flatbread starter
Lympwing2@reddit
Enjoys Dubai unironically
Guilty-Reason6258@reddit
Or Ibiza weekender
ItXurLife@reddit
Turkey teef to be more accurate.
No_Pass_4232@reddit
Will we? I get it, new teeth from Turkey, just never come across it before
Flash__PuP@reddit
In the nor the of England it would translate to new teeth, hair plugs, a class on finance, grey velvet furniture, live laugh love, brindle frenchie…
TheSecretIsMarmite@reddit
I've seen someone describe it as an ITV2 lifestyle.
ukpunjabivixen@reddit
Omg. Yes!!!!
Foxalito@reddit
That made me laugh out loud
TetrisIsTotesSuper@reddit
Did you also live and love??
Cool_Doubt2152@reddit
Don’t forget the Dryrobe
fang_xianfu@reddit
Inexplicably worn as a coat to go to Asda.
As someone who goes open water swimming and has a genuine use for a dry robe (but I use off brand ones from Lidl) it's annoying!
Separate_Suspect_572@reddit
I've been wild swimming like twice, maybe three times... the scrotum shrivelling cold drive home is one reason I've been lazy with it...
Do dry robes really work?? I've always seen school run mums in them and Crocs, so I never tried one lol
fang_xianfu@reddit
They're basically just a portable tent to get changed in - they work great for that, yes!
Separate_Suspect_572@reddit
Ohh then il have a look cause I've never loved swimming more than in a loch!!
Cool_Doubt2152@reddit
Haha, they seem to be everywhere all of a sudden. Usually sponsored by Range Rover Evoke
(No hate really, my aunt wears one just to walk the dog. It’s all black including the hood so we call her the grim reaper 😂 she doesn’t mind)
musicmagicmayhem@reddit
Same in Essex, although as that applies to a big chunk of the population it’s probably not counting for much 😂
Also adding: glittery countertops in the kitchen, his and hers oversized tracksuits, curled hair extensions and lip fillers!
twirling_daemon@reddit
I’m SW England and that’s what comes to my mind instantly 😂
gazwel@reddit
Same in Scotland.
godgoo@reddit
So... You knew exactly what they meant?
untakenu@reddit
Ah, Deano
ExitNo48@reddit
Yeah "Turkey Teeth" says it all.
BigJimNoFool@reddit
Probably sound guys if ya get chatting to them but my god they present an outwardly awful trying-to-hard appearance
Strange-Fold-6369@reddit
Reform voters
IdleHands-69@reddit
There’s always one knobhead who brings politics into everything…
Afreshnewsketckbook@reddit
But they're also not wrong either.
Usually the kind described are big fans of the misogynists with microphones too.
IdleHands-69@reddit
And another
BizlaCooper@reddit
Soyboys
Ecstatic-Low7929@reddit
Cunts
TeaPlenty3782@reddit
If you say turkey teeth, Dubai chocolate or Live Love Laugh with a crushed silver sofa, people will know what you mean!
That’s quite long winded so I’ve heard them called Spice boys or himbo’s. Back when I was younger they were called townies but that’s not so common.
Afreshnewsketckbook@reddit
They are not Himbos! That is a disservice to the true Himbos.
To be a himbo you must have all three!
Built like a beefcake Dumb as rocks Heart of Gold.
Without the heart of gold, he's not a himbo... He's just a knob.
Himbo needs all three 🩷
I often go with the "Johnny Bravo Wannabe,"
Suddendeath777@reddit
Sounds like a Deano, but Deanos aren't really bad people. They're just devoid of personality and just copy whatever trends are popular at the time.
Afreshnewsketckbook@reddit
I have NEVER heard that. But also my brother is a Deano. And he's pretty cool. Smart, got a smart mouth too. Mostly pretty quiet but when he does pipe up is usually the sickest burn ever. Often aimed at me.... But I don't mind because it's actually funny what he comes out with.
(My family like to roast one another... Once I bleached my hair as a teenager, and I had dark rimmed glasses... I'm STILL called Garth to this day... Almost 2 decades later)
Maybe I have heard it but didn't understand this definition because my Deano is cool. Idk.
pjs-1987@reddit
Dubai chocolate mate, you gotta try it
NoWatch3354@reddit
You're mocking it, but I fucking love pistachio. I've always loved pistachio. Don't bring pistachio into this. It's not fair on pistachio.
jonathananeurysm@reddit
Dubai is built on slavery. Don't give them your money.
chease86@reddit
I mean...when you get right down to it, where ISNT built on slavery? At least to some extent?
Intelligent-Mud-1039@reddit
Absolutely. We can't change our country's history but endorsing fake countries with their endless air-conditioned shopping malls that have only sprung out the desert due to oil and will be like sandy Atlantises in a couple of hundred years isn't my bag.
jonathananeurysm@reddit
Dubai's economy is dependant on forced labour right now. It's happening today. Not some time in the distant past. It is a cornerstone of their economic model as it exists currently.
ChateauLaFeet@reddit
🏆
LyKosa91@reddit
I'm a slut for pistachio, but Dubai chocolate is painfully mediocre. I'd take a pistachio Ritter sport bar over any of the Dubai style bars I've had. M&S pistachio big daddy kinda sucks as well, but the peanut version is godly.
scusemelaydeh@reddit
Hotel Chocolat pistachio is rather nice. I’m not usually a fan of that particular flavour but their Christmas pistachio chocolates were lovely.
geese_moe_howard@reddit
Ritter is elite.
beeeeej91@reddit
Cornflakes Ritter
geese_moe_howard@reddit
That's a good one. Hazelnut is damn fine too.
pjs-1987@reddit
Peppermint, the only dark chocolate I like
Aubrey-Grey@reddit
Ooh a dark chocolate peppermint Ritter would slap so hard right now!
LyKosa91@reddit
Oooooh, I haven't had that one, but dark peppermint Ritter sounds banging. Is it just peppermint infused or does it have the crispy minty bits?
pjs-1987@reddit
It's like a better version of Fry's peppermint cream
LyKosa91@reddit
Somehow I forgot that creme filling was even a possibility. I'll keep an eye out for it.
Cantbearsed1992@reddit
Just bought 3 bars, peanut, hazelnut and cocoa mousse. Looking forward to weekend
Icy-Lengthiness-8539@reddit
This Redditor knows their chocolate!
Jbones37@reddit
The lindt one was genuinely good until they changed the recipe, it's now mostly chocolate and kataifi with a tiny bit of pistachio. Homemade ones are the best but an absolute pain in the arse to make.
Aggravating-Mousse46@reddit
M&S do chocolate coated pistachios now. I prefer the almonds, but the pistachios are pretty nice
Rr0gu3_5uture@reddit
Dubai chocolate is a reputation-laundering exercise - folk are so stupid they’ll say, ‘Oh, I don’t mind Dubai, that nut chocolate is good.
PeejPrime@reddit
Likewise, love pistachio and for that reason, I have gladly never tried the dubai trend nonsense. Do not want to spoil a tasty snack for myself with that over priced shite.
Few_Calligrapher_764@reddit
M&S pistachio creme. Ideally on panettone. Incredible.
pjs-1987@reddit
Aldi do their own version for under £2
Few_Calligrapher_764@reddit
There was a wonderful week recently where they were selling off the m&s one 1/2 price for £2.25 and I bought A LOT
fbruk@reddit
It really does suck but it lead to an increase for pistachio flavoured things. I had a white chocolate and pistachio cookie from a little independent bakery the other week and it was fucking heavenly.
Indigo-Waterfall@reddit
Pistachio ≠ Dubai chocolate
Sparkletail@reddit
Pistachio has been my favourite ice cream for 40 years and now its everywhere which I'm not complaining about so many more delicious options don't know why it wasn't popular before now
OriginalMandem@reddit
He's a top lad though, every time he walks into the pub, or does anything remotely interesting like win a game of pool, get a round of drinks in, or go and talk to a woman, all the other lads (lads lads) will be chanting "DEEEEANNNOOO-OH, DEEEEANNNOOO-OH, DEEEEANNNOOO-OH" like some kind of bellowed moronic mantra
Kind_Worldliness6774@reddit
You’ve never been to a pub in your life, have you?
OriginalMandem@reddit
Not even the one I've worked at full time for the last five years, nope.
GroundbreakingRing42@reddit
Okay as a British bloke called "Dean" I did not come to reddit today for the personal attacks but here we are 🤣
We don't tell/asked to be called "Deano!" It just happens.
OriginalMandem@reddit
DEEEEANNNOOO-OH! DEEEEANNNOOO-OH! Posting on Reddit, top boy! Geddon, my son 💪
SimonHando@reddit
Obligatory Sans Beanstalk
CrossCityLine@reddit
She’s not dead yet it’s a long term plan.
Routine_Ad1823@reddit
I can't help think of it every time my Mrs orders from ASOS
dcklil@reddit
Is “Charvers” still a thing? I remember my cousin always using that term in Newcastle. Now that I’m older, never knew if that was just Geordie talk or not.
Background: I grew up in the US, but my parents are from the UK. My mom’s side was in Dunfermline and Glasgow while my dad’s side was all Newcastle and Blyth.
Exact-Character313@reddit
Essex boys
TunedOutPlugDin@reddit
These lads?
Seafoxing@reddit
Omg. Thank you for sharing that. I live in was Kent. This is 100% accurate. So true and very funny
cymruaj@reddit
The OG four guys from the incredibly tight t shirt and jeans with no socks photo (you know the one) popped up in a Paddy Power video a few weeks ago, in a mock "how to diversify your social media momentum" class with the guy who isn't cutting his hair til Man Utd win 5 in a row, the Wealdstone Raider, fiah and rice cakes guy, and Guy Goma from the accidental bbc interview. Genuinely funny
bent-ref@reddit
Im sure there is a common term in my local tongue but I'm unsure as to what it is, personally my preferred term is "massive throbbing bellend" I know it doesn't quite roll off the tongue but it is still really fun to say.
IEnumerable661@reddit
To be honest, we don't really have them. The UK doesn't really get a lot of sun. And when it does, there's an even split between people who absolutely must overpay for a convertible asap so they can drive around with the blondest woman they can get their hands on, but even so they tend to revert into hiding when the sun goes away.
The closest you get are the Live Laugh Love types, or possibly Essex boys/girls. But really they aren't too common anymore.
Most people here are just depressed. Broke, aging too fast, no real hope for the future, basically depressed.
In fact, I conducted an interview last week, I asked what he wanted for his future. His first words were, "What future?" I wish I could have said that one was a rarity; at least 3 other candidates eluded to the future being pretty much black, terrible...
So yeah. I think any one of them would trade places with your Jersey Shore guy in an instant. In fact, I may even join that queue myself!
official_Kaze@reddit
Someone already said it but the UK name for this archetype of person is referred to as a “Deano” personally to me? Their Knobheads, Twats, etc. But not all Deanos are knobheads, but a lot of knobheads are deanos
KoraLily@reddit
My mind immediately went to "useless prick"
Constant_Crab4815@reddit
Spice boys
betraying_fart2@reddit
Terry tight top
Mediocre-Basketcase@reddit
Townies
Ichiiwm@reddit
Townies evolved into whats described above.
pigletsquiglet@reddit
Didn't Townies used to be Beer John's/ Ben Sherman shirts. Not sure this is the same vibe unless Beer John's have got really metrosexual with the concentration on their appearance nowadays.
Slight-Brush@reddit
Oo blast from 1980s north london there, not heard that in some years
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Or casuals
Mediocre-Basketcase@reddit
22y/o northerner here, townies stuck
Fun-Brush5136@reddit
Was used in the north as well
coffeeebucks@reddit
They’re the grown up townies for sure.
fastcarly@reddit
I second this
ukguy907@reddit
Gym rat
nerdybritguy@reddit
ITV2
Loud-Hospital5773@reddit
Cunts
newdawnfades123@reddit
As a side note, do people who get their teeth done (badly) in Turkey realise that they look much worse with Turkey teeth than they do with bad teeth? We Brits never really judge people for bad teeth but the turkeys always look ridiculous. I have a few friends who had their teeth done and it looks like they have nice teeth. You can tell they’ve had them done. Massively different.
IdleHands-69@reddit
Spice boys
srnic1987@reddit
Turkey teeth brigade
Chavs with money
Live, laugh, lovers (more for the female equivalents)
Champagne lifestyle coca-cola paycheck
Aggressive-Creamer@reddit
Imagine being a kid at school now, taking the piss outta your mates and one of them hits you with:
"Your dad's got turkey teeth, a shit tattoo sleeve and tells people that he's an 'investor' but just has a £90 portfolio on Trading 212. And your mum used to sell nudes on Onlyfans for £1.99 a month!"
Devastating.
tigbird007@reddit
Ha ha ha spot on!
Old_Top2901@reddit
Gym bros
redpandadancing@reddit
Baaaaaaaaaaabe….well, that’s what their duck lipped partners call them…
Excellent_Spare_2239@reddit
Basic bastard.
kebabby72@reddit
Twats.
re_Claire@reddit
Or the alternative; cunts.
Visible_Poet8754@reddit
I use cunt as a term of endearment with close friends. Cant call um that. Its offensive to the term cunt
Mooman-Chew@reddit
It needs a prefix like utter or total to be negative. Changes with the likes of funny or clever
Classic-Pass5203@reddit
In Ireland we use Cunt as a term of endearment e.g. “He’s a decent cunt” don’t realise it was considered like this, elsewhere. I liken it to black guys calling each other the n word
drunken-acolyte@reddit
Twats by default, cunts when they inevitably do something shitty.
Scotchnittenpoopen@reddit
Or something cuntish
alfyjack@reddit
This.
Krizzlin@reddit
Glad I didn't have to scroll too far to find this. "It was full of twats" is a standard excuse for bailing on anything and everyone will know what you mean and won't judge
No_Cut2901@reddit
Ent they called charvas
11theman@reddit
Few people saying ‘Deano’ in here. Sansbeanstalk is great and all but that term is online only. The average person would have no clue what this means.
Jollyramb1er@reddit
What DOES it mean please?
Jarcooler@reddit
This video explains Deanoism pretty well: https://youtu.be/J9n0_5p8XKo
Jollyramb1er@reddit
Oh. my god. This is... how is it SO accurate? How can every single one of these points apply to almost every English man in his 20s 🤣🤣🤣 Also I'm fairly sure that might club in the video is Oceana in Nottingham 🤣🤣🤣
Upbeat_Ice1921@reddit
A classic venue, fingered my first bird in there (it was MGM at the time though).
Ahhh, good times.
pigletsquiglet@reddit
I have PTSD from working there in 1995. I have traumatic episodes triggered by hearing Whigfield Saturday Night.
Upbeat_Ice1921@reddit
Thank you for your service.
Jollyramb1er@reddit
Haha!
IllFinger3635@reddit
Banging..
Bloody_Star_Wars@reddit
You know it’s a skinfade.
LieGullible1372@reddit
To be fair, Deano works even if youve never heard the term. First time ive heard of it, but it makes perfect sense.
KagakuNinja@reddit
We should leave Dean Martin out of this...
meestah_meelah@reddit
I hadn’t heard the term “Deano” but I am familiar with his mate Gazza, oi oi!
nonsequitur__@reddit
I have never heard of deano or sans beans talk!?
Upbeat_Ice1921@reddit
Sansbeanstalk is so close to modern British culture it’s frightening.
SYSTEM-J@reddit
Ask a question online, get an online answer. It's definitely a spreading term though. I'd never heard of it a year ago, now it's becoming increasingly ubiquitous on the UK parts of the Internet.
11theman@reddit
Yea I’m not kicking off or anything and I think it’s a fun term but there seems to be a tendency on Brit subreddits to very firmly describe a reality that bears no resemblance to, at least my, general experience of the real world. I’m assuming OP is from elsewhere and I just wanted to provide the context that people aren’t getting referred to as ‘Deano’ in a pub - unless, maybe, it’s a pub with a Warhammer tournament going.
AppropriateAdagio511@reddit
Wankers.
Ok-Foundation6093@reddit
Pretty boys
Colman91@reddit
I call them the “Live Laugh Love” lot.
Guaranteed to have Tommy Shelby pictures on their Facebook with some quotes about the lion doesn’t concern himself with the actions of a sheep, crushed velvet sofa, shops in B&M a lot, probably a 2020 BMW on the drive that costs £700 a month, big fans of using Klarna to buy a Gucci T-shirt from Flannels.
Classic-Pass5203@reddit
It’s mostly likely gonna be a Burberry t-shirt
LeftyTimStoutheart@reddit
This is too good, the only thing missing is the French Bulldog called Luna.
Weak_Yam_6579@reddit
perfection
GwarnerWal90@reddit
C*nts.
Simple 😂
OriginalMandem@reddit
I think we have too many regional variations and subdivisions of dbag guys to have any one catch all term. And language evolves quite quickly. Neds, Chavs, Kevs, Barry Boys, townies, oiks, the list is endless. The UK has traditionally been quite a tribal culture in terms of fashion, style, accent etc etc and there's maybe more punching up and down in terms of social class between perceived 'posh twats' or 'chav twats'
ghosty_b0i@reddit
A definition that has always slightly alluded me is “Yob”.
What specific characteristics fit that demographic?
Remarkable_Winter-26@reddit
Ive always understood it to be a term directed at young lads with their boxers out of their trousers, possibly holding booze or some kind of energy drinkand bmx’s, usually more on the chavvy side than the civilised side of this. That being said when my mum used to say it about the teenage boys my brother hung around with it made sense and always was known to be derogatory
OriginalMandem@reddit
I'm pretty sure one of my teachers at primary or middle school said it was just 'boy' backwards. But unfortunately more than once I've remembered a so called fact told to me by a schoolteacher that made enough of an impression on me that I remember it after decades and it turned out to be an on the spot fabrication
meestah_meelah@reddit
I thought Yob is someone who engages in antisocial drunken behaviour. So it’s not exactly a demographic per se because it can cover a few different social classes and age groups. The one that springs to mind is binge drinkers on holiday throwing things and noising up the locals or outside nightclubs shouting, squaring up and menacing folk.
sossighead@reddit
Chavs / Charver is probably the one with the most national significance but doesn’t align necessarily with what the OP is describing. Typically with that term you’re likely to be describing someone with a very patchy employment history. So not someone who can afford things like veneers, steroids, tattoo sleeves etc.
SelectTrash@reddit
Chavs are the ones who have XL bullies, hardly any teeth and carrying a can of some cheap beer around with them, acting like they're hard as nails, probably antisocial and has 4 kids to 4 different women.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
A lot of people just mean "working class" when they say "chav". Unfortunately.
OriginalMandem@reddit
Posh version wears Jack Wills, pinky red trousers or beige chinos, and possibly a barbour jacket.
Holli303@reddit
.. unless they sell cocaine and don't take it. Now THEY'RE a rare breed 😂
meestah_meelah@reddit
Hmmm. The names you’ve given refer to the obnoxious violent petty criminal types. The question is more about the Lads with Turkey Veneers, a fancy car on finance, sleeve tattoo with clocks and compasses, a missus with more on her face than Mrs Doubtfire, eating Dubai chocolate, gear on the weekends, Stone Island for the football, possibly flirting with the idea of taking steroids, seeing Peaky Blinders as the pinnacle of class types.
If I’ve forgotten anything please let me know.
Japhet_Corncrake@reddit
HP Evoque on the driveway, grey Frenchie called Luna, greige interior furnishings, Marbs for the hols...
meestah_meelah@reddit
Marbs for the ‘oliday. Gonna go to Dubai next year, it’s gonna be mint!
EffDubya@reddit
YESSS BRUV LOVE IT. They would always say ‘gonna go Dubai’ though. Prepositions aren’t a thing for them
Exact-Reference3966@reddit
'Gonna do Dubai'
meestah_meelah@reddit
I’m going to preposition to the missus when we get to Dubai in the restaurant in the Burj Khalifa
OriginalMandem@reddit
I'm not gay I don't use propositions like Vey vem
Altruistic_Grocery81@reddit
B&M’s finest Diamanté fittings
Remote_Sun_2017@reddit
jeans are so tight you can see the veins in the dick.
Desperate-Coat-8791@reddit
fucking creasing at this
Remote_Sun_2017@reddit
this whole thread is absolutely hilarious
WobblyEgg2025@reddit
Neck and face tattoos seem to be de rigueur round our way too.
SelectTrash@reddit
Sounds like my personal trainer at the gym, he looks like he has the same tattoos and a Captain America shield.
Celticbluetopaz@reddit
This might sound weird but there’s a UK show called Come Dine with Me.
No names, no pack drill, but there’s a certain person on that show (from a certain soap opera) who used to own a yellow submarine docked near Liverpool. I’m sure it’s on YouTube.
I know a couple of women who had unfortunate interactions with him in various nightclubs in the area. 🙄
meestah_meelah@reddit
Tin’ead! I always thought he was gay.
Lister_RD_169@reddit
Fuck sake just tell us who you're on about.
PropJoesChair@reddit
Philip Olivier, whoever the fuck that is
Disastrous_Cloud_558@reddit
They can’t it’s someone on a mainstream telly program it’s top secret.
EffDubya@reddit
I know exactly the type you mean. But we don’t get them in London. In fact, seeing a group of them - and they definitely move in herds - is a surefire sign that you are seeing a group of out-of-towners, who have hopped on a Greater Anglia train for a night on the lash. The counties directly north, and possibly south, of London however are heaving with them.
Remote_Sun_2017@reddit
Same here in Brighton, you can tell who are the lads from out of town because they are exactly like this. A group of indetikit wankers in tight clothes all sitting out on the beach bars coked out of their minds at 1pm with teeth like Dale Winton under harsh lighting conditions
gerishnakov@reddit
Probably moaning about the parking while they're at it.
Affectionate-Cap9115@reddit
Worrying what to call them isn’t the issue. Paying too much even a little bit of attention is going to ruin you, just call it a permanent personality phase that stays
MrPZA82@reddit
Cunts
GrouchyLyric@reddit
I believe the term you are looking for is Chav
Sonarthebat@reddit
Nah. Chavs are always in bad shape.
Jazzy0082@reddit
I have never heard the term "Deano" in all of my 39 years. What have I been missing?
SYSTEM-J@reddit
This kind of person didn't exist 30 years ago, or even 20 years ago. Think about when you first really became aware of the idea of "Turkey teeth", and then being shorthand for a particular type of berk. Four, five years ago tops? "Deano" is the slang catching up with the new social reality.
MattCDnD@reddit
Tony Blair’s 1997 election victory was based entirely on this person. He was called Mondeo Man then.
The only reason he wasn’t eating Dubai Chocolate is that it didn’t exist.
Marketeers call them C2s. They’re not new.
SYSTEM-J@reddit
Nah, nonsense I'm afraid. The C2 demographic is skilled labourers. My dad was a skilled labourer - an electrical engineer. He would have been in his late 30s in 1997. Never, at a single moment in his life, has he had a second of time for the crass peacockery of the Deanos. He lives on a street full of them now and is actively trying to sell up in disgust.
The wage bracket and the level of social mobility may be broadly comparable, but the Deano is an entirely 21st Century creation. The Deano is the Ibiza Final Boss. The Deano takes steroids and fake tans. The Deano has lost all of the quiet dignity of the working classes of 30 or 40 years ago, traded it all in on credit for a leased Audi and a holiday in Dubai.
MattCDnD@reddit
You’re absolutely right! I’m trying to make it too complicated and talking bollocks.
These clowns just have no dignity!
Random-Ultra78@reddit
Perhaps they should be the S6 demographic!
jamjar188@reddit
Well 10-15 years ago people in London called them "Essex boys". They swarmed Shoreditch on Friday and Saturday nights, wearing too-tight skinny jeans.
Ogdengp@reddit
Skinny jeans and winkle pickers
Scared_Cricket3265@reddit
Doesn't the Essex Boys and Girls stereotype go back to the 80's?
ImpressiveStorm8914@reddit
Essex Boys was the term I was thinking off but couldn't recall.
lukeyboy987@reddit
Look up Deanomania by Sans Beanstalk on YouTube, a perfect encapsulation 😅
Speshal__@reddit
Oh my fuck that's genius, thanks internet person.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Sans Beanstalk is pretty apt.
nonsequitur__@reddit
Same!
Objective-Argument69@reddit
Jaffa's....no seed, killed with all the stets (and those tight pants don't help)🤣🤣🤣
MoonShineWashingLine@reddit
We call them sted-heads (as in steroid-heads).
libertinauk@reddit
I saw StillRyan refer to HSTeletubby as a "stedhead" a week or so ago and laughed til I cried 😁
MoonShineWashingLine@reddit
Ah thank you! Been a while since anyone's mentioned Arnold.
Ok_Pen7290@reddit
Mentally ill, 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
AstronautAshamed3061@reddit
I heard it called Deano Greige.. which seemed apt as the surname is a cut n shove of grey and beige. Basically, the idiotic neighbour with the gaslit wife in Small Prophets.
A gem of a series
contemplatingjazzz@reddit
Essex wankers, which isn’t particularly kind, but from a hospitality in London POV that’s absolutely the term we use sometimes, because as stereotype of guest, they’re wankers.
StarSpotter74@reddit
Knob heads
They have a grey crushed velvet sofa too
PriorityAlternative7@reddit
It’s not limited to the sofa, everything in their house is a shade of grey
ItXurLife@reddit
Greige
Jealous_Scale@reddit
Are there 50 such items?
gourmetjellybeans@reddit
AstroTurf garden and RR Evoque on finance
Suspicious_Gift_67@reddit
Reddit is a safe space for scared anxious losers to talk shit to other people without fear of ever having to deal with real world consequences.
Suspicious_Gift_67@reddit
All the egotistical people in the comments slating others for having an ego…
HatHairy9842@reddit
ibiza final boss
LavingtonWindsor@reddit
Wide boy.
ToeElectronic5033@reddit
spice boys lad
robyc78@reddit
Roid heads, douche bags, twats.
plasticface2@reddit
Twats
BaconSarnie2025@reddit
Chavs.
DasSockenmonster@reddit
I would say the "TOWIE" boys?
Just because they look like they've all somehow came from that show with their blindingly white veneers and a tan that could rival David Dickinson.
Garbidb63@reddit
Dickheads
Logical_Pineapple841@reddit
Terry Tensers
Orange_Codex@reddit
Deanos. They're endangered because they're nice. Men who dress like this and aren't nice are simply called cunts.
draaj@reddit
In my 27 years of life in the UK, I've never heard the term Deano
1voice92@reddit
It’s definitely a SE England (Home Counties) thing
TarcFalastur@reddit
I live in the Home Counties and have never heard this term
1voice92@reddit
Perma-tan, Tommy Shelby haircut, gym rat, shirt off in summer, Turkey teeth, possibly Turkey hairline too, loves Avicii. Loud but harmless.
You get the picture.
nodgers132@reddit
Range Rover on finance, grey everything in their house, live laugh love posters
https://youtu.be/J9n0_5p8XKo?si=sbJxRUzltXk95US2 this is an incredible summary
cari-strat@reddit
Door-knocker chairs, marble floors, garden devoid of a single living thing except a French bulldog, preferably fawn or grey. Mrs has Botox, lip fillers and huge norks, bleached blond hair and the brains of an amoeba.
Kids, if they have any, have appalling multi-barrelled tragedeigh names, usually related to cars, alcohol or holiday destinations. "Yeah, mate, sorry I was late, the Mrs has the motor to take Miami-Krystal to street dance, and then Jaxxson-Jameson wanted to play football but I was like nah mate, it's gonna fuck me astroturf up, and then Khaleesi-Rae-Dhream fell off the trampoline...."
fbruk@reddit
So that's who's buying these chairs. They make me violent when I'm trying to house shop b cause they are grey crushed velvet as well.
nodgers132@reddit
I live there and I absolutely have
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Sans Beanstalk Deanomania
https://youtu.be/J9n0_5p8XKo
This-Risk-3737@reddit
Nobody in the real world has. It's a Reddit thing.
jamjar188@reddit
it's new-ish internet slang, not sure where/how it started. but once you hear it once, you see it everywhere.
Steamrolled777@reddit
55 years, and I've no fucking clue.
keeponkeepingup@reddit
Right i know ONE deano, he is your age, and does not look or act like this lol
AzzTheMan@reddit
I was going to say this... I've known 2 Deanos and neither would fit this description
PilotedByGhosts@reddit
I'm 45 and have clear, albeit vague, memories of hearing "DEEEE-NOO, DEEEE-NOO" chanted in many lad-filled environments.
Fun-Brush5136@reddit
There was a song about deanos that went viral but like most things viral, it's not going to reach everyone
Muted_Reflection_449@reddit
😂
jennye951@reddit
Gym bunnies?
philswitch_engage@reddit
Cunts.
Darren505@reddit
Good vibes good rides 🤮
BoomtownBotanicals@reddit
Wankers
Additional-Lion6969@reddit
Only person I can think of who fits that description is Rylan, don't think Ive met one in real life
EffDubya@reddit
Oh no Rylan is not the type at all. He is gay, skinny, and far too interesting.These are the lads to look out for
Derfel60@reddit
Idk they look pretty gay if you ask me
Alone_Bet_1108@reddit
We don't want them
Nouschkasdad@reddit
Lads lads lads!
tartanchocfrog@reddit
My friend group always called them fuckboys. Because you just knew they would mess you around
sossighead@reddit
People are saying ‘Deano’ which is a little bit prejudicial. That typically means someone who is working class, but has done well enough to have bought a new build house and have a couple of nice-ish cars on the driveway. And yes they often have veneers, fake tan, full sleeve tattoos, live in gym wear etc and watch shite reality TV.
They’re essentially a caricature to enable people with mediocre English Literature degrees and little earning prospects of their own to feel better about their own situation.
There’s nothing inherently ‘bad’ or ‘douchebag-y’ about these people. Some are, some are great people. Just their interests and outlook on life don’t align with the Reddit intelligentsia.
pecuchet@reddit
Still salty we didn't get to go university are we?
sossighead@reddit
Nice assumption. Not sure anyone would class me as a Deano with my receding hairline and normal teeth, and complete lack of tattoos. Maybe I should book a holiday to Turkey. I arguably spent too long at university, getting a PhD which I now don’t use in my line of work. At least I met my wife though - who definitely does still work in her field of research.
I’m just pointing out that a lot of ‘Deano’ discourse seems to come from a place of jealously and resentment that they have a comfortable, even luxurious, lifestyle often in the area they grew up without being saddled with student debt.
pecuchet@reddit
Yeah, I know it was an assumption. That was the point. But the assumption wasn't that you were one of these people. Maybe you'd have seen that if you'd worked on your reading comprehension.
Thanks for your life story, but I wasn't the one weirdly projecting onto people who went to university to better themselves through education rather than to make more money. For what it's worth, people with English degrees are pretty employable, given that they're usually quite literate, but please content yourself with this little Daily Mail fantasy about people in the humanities being envious of people who can afford fake teeth.
sossighead@reddit
You sound incredibly bitter - I picked English literature as a throwaway example. You don’t need to take it personally. I’m sure you’re doing great and one day you too will be able to afford a massive Tommy Shelby print to go beside your media wall.
pecuchet@reddit
I love how your attempt to insult me is so inaccurate. Like, what the fuck has that series got to do with what I said? You do know that idolising the guy from Peaky Blinders is way closer to the kind of people we're talking about than humanities graduates, right?
The fact that you chose English Literature as a 'throwaway example' like it might as well be philosophy or history just shows how ignorant you are. Can you not discern between these completely different fields? Is stuff where you write prose so indistinguishable?
I get my hands dirty for a living now, but I have never once regretted spending years learning about literature. I'm not bitter at all; you're just a cunt.
EffDubya@reddit
There is absolutely a hint of snobbery at work here - we are describing white working class lads with a bit of money to spend, as you say.
I feel like it is ok to laugh at them at little bit though; they are enjoying themselves, and I’m sure they don’t care what anyone else thinks!
sossighead@reddit
It’s fine to laugh at anyone, as long as you’re aware the joke may be on you! (I include myself in tha).
Disastrous_Cloud_558@reddit
You’re not being prejudicial at all, are you?
Fun-Brush5136@reddit
There's intelligentsia on reddit now??
Scrumptiepie@reddit
Dick Heads
lucky1pierre@reddit
Guidos
biglew112@reddit
Turkey teeth gym shark Essex lad chavs
NeitherDance6795@reddit
Im pretty sure this is someone only me and my BIL refer to these guys as, but we call them Spice Boys.
I don’t even know why but no tea or shade, you’re into what you like 🤷♀️
Bridget_Says_Wow@reddit
Spice boys or Coke dealer (that sell shit coke)
arpeggio-paleggio@reddit
a new one I've seen used recently and become a big fan of is "Ibiza final boss".
pixiefolk@reddit
I'd call him a Love Island boy.
snowy2323@reddit
Dubai chocolate
AutisticElephant1999@reddit
Chavs
HR_Specter@reddit
Tan-tastic.
GrouchyRisk@reddit
Carpet carriers.
As they walk like they've got a rolled up carpet under each arm when they walk.
Molly-bdenum42@reddit
ITV2
No-Bobcat-4737@reddit
Twats
Iain365@reddit
Twats?
Derbadian@reddit
Around my way we call them “Cunts”
markusparkus75@reddit
Deano, innit?
ChrisChros87@reddit
This came up on Twitter recently and the reply 'ITV2' was absolutely spot on
zippy72@reddit
Chavs I think, although that might be out of date by now.
WarmJewel@reddit
I think there's a Deano in 'Gavin & Stacey'. Nuff said.
Confident_Lion_2219@reddit
Turkey teeth
50tinyducks@reddit
Twats? Dickheads?
Even_Happier@reddit
Townie Twats is what I call them. Yes I am a country bumpkin.
Beneficial_Health_34@reddit
Honestly feels like the evolution of a chav or charvo could align with them, because a lot of what we used to call chavs dont really exist anymore and have been replaced with these equally cheap looking numpties, that being said they are not inherently bad in the UK some are just Vapid in the brain
Far_Spread_4200@reddit
Cock Womble!
Hereward22@reddit
Cunts 👍🏻
Apprehensive-Art1092@reddit
'Cunt'
S3lad0n@reddit
In south Wales we would call this type a ‘Valleys boi’ (even if they’re not from the Valleys) or a ‘dresser’. I don’t think you hear those terms often, or ever anywhere else in the UK though, they aren’t widely used.
Lower_Inspector_9213@reddit
Welsh Dresser 😂
ArmWildFrill@reddit
I had a literally insane Welshman from Pontypridd as a housemate in the 80s. He used to hate it when another group from Swansea would take the piss out of him and say "I'm from the Valleys and I've got my pride!" in an exaggerated accent.
He later bought a hundred LSD tabs (they were super cheap in the 80s, I remember going to Stonehenge and buying acid for £1.50) and became completely psychotic and violent. Very scary indeed. Police did fuck all so no change there.
Drewski811@reddit
Bellend would suffice
Tamihera@reddit
I think of the pink trousers crowd when I hear bellend though.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Who are they?
lexinatalia1@reddit
I’ve always known and referred to them as charvas
stray90@reddit
Choco boys, not sure if that's just a Welsh thing though.
Perfect-Rip-7792@reddit
spice boys
Celticbluetopaz@reddit
There’s a tv show called The only way is Essex in the UK, which is similar to Jersey Shore.
So, they’re often called Essex boys or Essex girls, there’s probably a more modern term, but I am an old. 👵🏻
BreqsCousin@reddit
The term Essex girl is decades older than the TV show.
Fun_Werewolf_4567@reddit
I remember it from the 80s for sure
ArmWildFrill@reddit
White stilettos and fake tan are de rigeur for an 80s Essex girl. I knew one in the 80s and she used to wear white cowboy hats and drove a white VW Golf
Like David StHubbins gf in Spinal Tap
S3lad0n@reddit
Yes, Essex Girls in the traditional specific sense don't really exist anymore, or if they do they’re all women now in their 50s-60s who grew out of it and pivoted gimmicks. They were the chavvy low rent Temu version of the Sloane Rangers.
blamordeganis@reddit
“Why does Essex have a university? So girls from Hertfordshire can study away from home.”
Circa 1990.
ShiplessOcean@reddit
Geordie shore is way more similar.
My answer to OP’s question is “Geordies” (not really)
Familiar_Ad5586@reddit
Deano!
BetterDegreeOxford@reddit
These are dudebros.
ATHF Mooninites had a great bit about how "my dad owns a dealership"
loveswimmingpools@reddit
Essex boy? Sorry Essex
whatswestofwesteros@reddit
Eh I live in Essex your not wrong... as a Midlands girl I look rather drab and pale down here
loveswimmingpools@reddit
My friend has adopted the glamorous Essex life since she moved there. I feel very pale and boring compared to her!
infectedsense@reddit
This is just me but I think of them as lads (derogatory). 'Cheeky Nandos with the lads' and all that.
CarlosFlegg@reddit
Nonces
Exact-Reference3966@reddit
Do you mean ponce?
FinneyontheWing@reddit
Really?!
CarlosFlegg@reddit
Nah not really.
Nonce as an insult in the UK is a bit strange.
Nonce in the strictest terms these days means pedophile, but it’s also used as a catch all term to insult other degenerates.
Ironically it can be also a term of endearment between really close friends.
But the people that OP is describing would usually be called Cunt.
_-CHUNK-_@reddit
Nonce has always meant pedo, these days people use the word bacon and that can mean nonce, rapist, woman beater, grass etc.
If friends are calling each other a nonce they are doing it to take the piss lol.
Cakeo@reddit
Nobody but fucking weirdos are calling their friends a nonce.
No-Cost-1045@reddit
Andrew might be, though I guess he falls in the fucking weirdo category.
Inevitable_Greed@reddit
Cunts.
Outrageous_Bar6729@reddit
Cunts
Nervous_Tourist_8699@reddit
I am going with “ponce”. Not to be confused with “nonce”
wodmad@reddit
Tossers.
Fuzzy_Reindeer_2770@reddit
"Silly Cunts".
Psychological-Sea785@reddit
Spice Boys 🌶
cloudvodca@reddit
Funny I just came across this post. I’ve just come back from the gym and who did I see there……. Ibiza final boss.
tedxy108@reddit
Fuck bois
SirMcFish@reddit
Wannabes
stueyp81@reddit
Jonny bravo
Some_Artichoke_8148@reddit
Meat head.
Aggressive_Sound@reddit
Wideboy
S3lad0n@reddit
Nah isn’t a wideboy more a genuinely dark, intimidating thug? Not flash. I think of Ray Winstone in Scum.
janner_womble@reddit
Ken or Kenneth.
Dread_queen23@reddit
I saw a reel that referred to them as ITV2 guys and It makes so much sense!
crypticchris@reddit
wideboy/yogurt boy/jack-the-lad
Tinnitus-1975@reddit
Wankers? Bell ends? Chavs
Impeachcordial@reddit
Cunts
Kanebass98@reddit
Chavs
Short-Shopping3197@reddit
A ‘Townie cunt’ usually
Charming_Advice_2933@reddit
Most people I've met matching that description are cunts... So I'd call them cunts.
DraggedDownxTheStone@reddit
A cunt maybe? Knobhead? Lol. I'm an American who loves everything British. I know for sure I am living in the wrong country and have been all my life.
Barnie_LeTruqer@reddit
I love this answer. It expresses my opinion eloquently. Please feel free to join me in the pub for a pint, mine’s a Stout, first round on you.
Wwiillisboreddd@reddit
Spiceboys
lyremni@reddit
Dbag is so vague. Can you give a description of what you call a dbag. So many options!
No_Cake6353@reddit
Meat heads
Oasisstrains@reddit
We’ve started calling them Chubai
Lord_Cockatrice@reddit
AFAIK (not a 'murrican) "chodes"
Briecap@reddit
'Chode' describes a short and fat cock
BedaFomm@reddit
So pretty accurate then?
SuburbanBushwacker@reddit
TOWIE’s both M&F.
Revolutionary_West56@reddit
You know, actually don’t have a specific term where I am (Greater London) this needs to be fixed. It’ll just be something created in the heat of the moment in conversation like fake tan gym wankers
BryOnRye@reddit
I think these lyrics from the song “Never fight a man with a perm” by Idles sum it up:
He thinks he's suave You're not suave 'cause you watched Get Carter You are a catalogue, plastic Sinatra A tryhard, you should've tried harder Me, oh me, oh my, Roy You look like a walking thyroid You're not a man, you're a gland You're one big neck with sausage hands You are a Topshop tyrant Even your haircut's violent You look like you're from Love Island You stood and the room went silent
YouIntSeenMeRoight@reddit
Arseholes
Overall_Status_5828@reddit
Fanny baws
Icy_Distribution3467@reddit
He's a fearsome pirate, he's the scourge of the seas
Overall_Status_5828@reddit
Captain Fanny Baws!!
Striking_Smile6594@reddit
I live in a town well known for horse racing. Every time there is a race meet on these fuckers descend on the town en masse looking like extras from the set of Peaky Blinders.
Grand-Impact-4069@reddit
Knob head. Though it’s a widely used term, it is fitting for these people
keeponkeepingup@reddit
Always called them Essex boys!
BoxAlternative9024@reddit
Cokeheads
Opposite-Painting662@reddit
Spice boys as in spice girls
FantasticVast01@reddit
Essex boys
BeanOnAJourney@reddit
His name is Rylan Clarke.
MJsThriller@reddit
A lot of people saying Deanos but thats a relatively new term. Certainly started way after Jersey Shore, Geordie Shore etc all ended. Within the last 3-5 years I think.
I dont think we have a name for them that's widely accepted. There's a lot of crossover with chavs, but not all chavs are The Situation and vice versa.
friedeggbeats@reddit
Just chavs innit.
PresidentPingu1@reddit
Twat?
Tommy-Foxwell@reddit
'Cunts'.
LupercalLupercal@reddit
Deanos
37728291827227616148@reddit
Everyone's being way to harsh on the deanos in the comments, mostly harmless bunch lol
shadow-season@reddit
"Wankers"
jilljd38@reddit
Sted heads where I'm from
littlewhiteysnow@reddit
Muscle Mary’s
thefreeDaves@reddit
Incels.
actualinsomnia531@reddit
In the UK at least they aren't incels. They should be, but there's always a ready supply of equally vacuous, equally white-veneered ladies to accompany them to the tanning salon.
Possibly in matching velour tracksuits.
Weak_Yam_6579@reddit
bell ends, pricks, cunts. They are usually try hard pricks who drive a 4x4 or pickup, do shit loads of coke and have a few flies knocking about in their empty skull
HauntingCicada2630@reddit
Closet homosexuals? 🤷
1987LR@reddit
I've always said meatheads (since pre-reality tv), especially the roidy muscle lads with thick necks/legs devoid of personality.
Agitated_Ad_361@reddit
They’re just called cunts and are, in my experience, domestic abusers.
cookiecookable@reddit
Goons, gimps, chiefs
Wly35@reddit
Dick heads
wastebucket1@reddit
Deuce bags
smashballTaz@reddit
Twat
qualityvote2@reddit
Hello u/Puzzled-Ferret6649! Welcome to r/AskABrit!
For other users, does this post fit the subreddit?
If so, upvote this comment!
Otherwise, downvote this comment!
And if it does break the rules, downvote this comment and report this post!