⇨ Kevin; Kevnoun a working-class youth considered to be a vulgar or threatening presence. This derogatory usage by Kevin's upper- and middle-class contemporaries derives from the commonness of the name. Originally restricted to Cornwall and London UK, 1998

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⇨ Kevin Costner; kevinnoun a male who pretends to date his female friend(s). Teen slang, after the 1992 film The Bodyguard which starred US actor Kevin Costner (b.1955) SOUTH AFRICA, 2003