What does SWAG means?

[Starshine 16,333]

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?

 

 

 

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.

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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~ 2,066]

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

[Finesthour 7,287]

Silly whites attempting gangster.

Edited July 18, 2012 by Crona The Critic

[Doctor XFizzle 8,669]

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

Edited July 18, 2012 by Doctor XFizzle

[Bari 7,023]

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

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

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

Edited July 19, 2012 by Lady Rarity Pony

[null1 606]

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 July 18, 2012 by DeltaTangent

[Azura 1,107]

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

[Titan Rising 2,156]

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

[Radiance64 7,053]

It's short for swagger, but it basically seems like a meme to me.

Also, I believe this is relevant:

[Veiled Enigma 389]

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

[Whiteshade 1,426]

Swag = Something We Asians Got

[Jokuc 8,173]

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 July 19, 2012 by Mr. Pillow

[AngryGamer432 155]

She Wants a Gentleman

[Ol' Sarge 885]

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 39]

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.

[Neikos 968]

"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

[Vaporeon 1,168]

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 8,669]

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.

[MVC NVMXD JVRXD 2,406]

"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".

[~WhiteHawk~ 186]

I think everyone explained SWAG good enough, but I have to post this...

 

[Nah 3,182]

People who think they are sexy.

[DumbFabric 37]

I don't understand what it refers to, but I hate it. Especially because at my school I get the pleasure of hearing it in all of my classes every day.

One of my teachers hates when kids say "swag" so much that he threatened to throw kids out of the classroom for using it, lol.

[Twilight Sky 449]

This is swag!

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-tLCCkrHK0&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seymhPYQmnI&feature=related

[Shadow Chaser 633]

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.

 

That's how I always knew it. I think it's just a word that's changing with generations. Wouldn't be the first time a word completely changed definition.

 

Besides, who doesn't love free stuff!?