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I think the word you're looking for is chav.
could we not use slurs to describe how someone looks?
It sounds like you're trying to redefine it as a slur when everyone is telling you it isn't.
It's like posting a picture of a goth or emo and then saying "don't call them emo that's racist". Like WTF?
https://theconversation.com/married-at-first-sight-shows-the-classist-2000s-insult-chav-hasnt-left-britains-cultural-conversation-242637
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavs:_The_Demonization_of_the_Working_Class