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This hairstyle is frequently portrayed in the media as belonging to young women from the lower social classes, particularly the Chav subculture ( Ned in Scotland, Millie in Northern Ireland ).

The term is thus considered derogatory because it portrays people from Croydon as being lower class.

Croydon can be replaced by the name of any other unfashionable residential area.