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[Starshine]

Pretty sure everyone here at some point heard about this word. Some describe it as the new cool slang, but some regards this word with blatant disgust.

But what the hell does it mean?

Spoiler

According to wikipedia:

Swag may refer to:

• Swag (album), a 2002 album by former Guns N' Roses guitarist, Gilby Clarke
• Swag (bedroll), an Australian bedroll
• Swag (motif), an architectural element
• Swag (novel), a 1976 crime novel
• Swag (TV series), a United Kingdom reality television series
• "Swag" (Ugly Betty episode), the eleventh episode of the television series Ugly Betty
• Swag, a type of window valance, often in combination with a full curtain underneath
• Swag, slang originating in the early 1800s^[1] for stolen goods or booty; possibly carried by a swagman
• Swag, promotional items given away at trade fairs and events
• The Swag, a magazine published quarterly for Catholic priests and deacons of Australia

SWAG may refer to:

• SWAG, Sourceware Archive Group, a free collection of classified source code and sample programs written in Pascal.
• SWAG, Special Warfare Group, an elite unit of the Naval Special Warfare Group of the Philippine Navy
• SWAG, Scientific, Wild-Ass Guess. See List of U.S. Air Force acronyms and expressions.

 

Wiktionary:
Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /swæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

From swag (verb), probably from Old Norse sveggja (“to swing, sway”), + -er (“frequentative”)
Verb

swag (third-person singular simple present swags, present participle swagging, simple past and past participle swagged)

• To sway or cause to sway
  
• To droop
  
• To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.

[~Lawful Jordo~]

Its a term for young boys who aren't man enough for class.

[Crona The Critic]

Silly whites attempting gangster.

Edited by Crona The Critic, 18 July 2012 - 03:54 PM.

[Doctor XFizzle]

isn't it just short for swagger, which means you're confident in yourself and you boast/brag about your abilities?

Edited by Doctor XFizzle, 18 July 2012 - 03:55 PM.

[Bari]

Swag is short for swagger, which means a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner.

[Lady Rarity Pony]

Edit: Or maybe not. Considering everyone here considers swag as a horrid term.

Edited by Lady Rarity Pony, 18 July 2012 - 04:02 PM.

[DeltaTangent]

I've had one friend say that SWAG means "Secretly, We Are Gay."
But I doubt that is what it originally stood for. It sounds more like a pejorative someone made up to tease those who use swag.

Edited by DeltaTangent, 18 July 2012 - 03:56 PM.

[Azura]

So Justin Bieber is attempting to be a gangster in his MV, Boyfriend?

[Titan Rising]

nonononononono... You guys have it wrong...
It means while you walk the heel of your feet touch the ground first and that you walk with a cane

[SBB64]

It's short for swagger, but it basically seems like a meme to me.
Also, I believe this is relevant:

[Veiled Enigma]

It's short for swagger, which I believe means "behaving in a confident or arrogant way."

[Whiteshade]

Swag = Something We Asians Got

[Jokuc]

SWAG is just another way to say Rainbow Dash


Haha, seriously though, you can read about it here: http://www.urbandict...e.php?term=swag

Swag = Something We Asians Got

lol. win.

Edited by Mr. Pillow, 18 July 2012 - 04:12 PM.

[Vault Boy]

She Wants a Gentleman

[Ol' Sarge]

Swag is short for swagger, which means a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner.

Edit: Or maybe not. Considering everyone here considers swag as a horrid term.

Maybe not? Consider the definition above and then go to the Life Advice forum and you'll understand why some hate the word.

[Revandose]

Another version I heard a long time ago and still like the best was, Stuff We All Get, and SWAG bags would be handed out at conventions.

[福島県 - Neikos]

"appearance ,style ,or the way he or she presents them selves."
Is a pretty good definition of what it originally meant, but tumblr and lolsites ( but mainly tumblr ) made everyone believe that it suddenly is some secret way of behaving cool.

For something similar, there is also YOLO

[Flareon]

Ah yes TM87. According to Bulbapedia:

Swagger raises the target's Attack two stages and confuses it. Should the target already be confused, or be protected by confusion due to Safeguard, Swagger will still raise its Attack. Pokémon with the Ability Own Tempo are immune to both effects. Because the target's Attack increases, they will receive more damage if they hurt themselves.

[Doctor XFizzle]

I blame Ke$ha for this. We didn't need to hear about you and your girls having swagger or that you kick men to the curb unless they look like Mic Jagger.

[duhgentee]

"appearance ,style ,or the way he or she presents them selves."
Is a pretty good definition of what it originally meant, but tumblr and lolsites ( but mainly tumblr ) made everyone believe that it suddenly is some secret way of behaving cool.

For something similar, there is also YOLO

Swag is one of those words that teenagers abuse way too much. It's now considered to mean something like "Cool/awesome" by kids from the suburbs who try to act "gangsta".