What is 'Swag'?

[Owyn_Merrilin]

swag is slang for stolen stuff end of. a swag back was a bag for holding your ill gotten goods thats its origin anyway

Not quite. See below:

A shortened form of the word swagger, I believe

Verb:
Walk or behave in a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive way: "he swaggered along the corridor".

Noun:
A very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner.

Adjective:
Denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders.

Synonyms:
verb. strut - brag - prance - peacock* - boast - swank - vaunt
noun. strut - swank
adjective. swell - stylish - chic - spruce

*I had no idea peacock was a verb, excuse me while I go laugh myself to tears.

For evidence, see Ke$ha's "Tik Tok." Specificially the line "And now, the dudes are lining up cause they hear we got swagger/But we kick em to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger"

Long story short, more stuff rhymes with "swag" than "swagger," and you avoid embarrassing stories about only dating people who look like this guy:

Sigh

Silly kids, it's not swag....

You are talking about shwag.

"Get off my lawn!"

EDIT: No really, you kids and your internet 'memes' being real words are starting to piss me off. Stop it.

Shwag? You mean crappy pot low quality marijuana?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shwag

 

[Bestival]

Swag is the measure by which you determine how much someone YOLOs.

 

[geK0]

It's an ability that causes confusion and doubles the opponents attack; this will cause the opponent to inflict more damage to themselves when they're hurt in their confusion, but can easily backfire. Having too much swagger will result in having the shit beaten out of you.

 

[ReinWeisserRitter]

The ability to show what an arrogant douchebag you can be, most of the time.

 

[chadachada123]

Exhibit A) I went to Anime eXpo in LA last week, and picked up a bunch of free swag. Free pins, bags, posters, shit like that.

Exhibit B) I was at the rap battle last week and showed off my awesome swag. I am also a talentless teenage attention-whoring idiot.

Exhibit A is the only way that I would or do use the word, unless I'm attempting to make fun of said attention-whoring idiots.

 

[chadachada123]

Not quite. See below:

Er...Swag IS slang for treasure or stolen goods, and is not related to the other definition of swag that comes from the shortened form of swagger.

L2slang.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swagman

 

[mysecondlife]

Something teenagers use to make you wanna smack 'em?
Cause thats what happens when people post to facebook about their swag, so it must work.
;D

To add to this, its one of the things that if people claim to have them, they don't really have them.

 

[Blackdoom]

A Swag is sort of like a small tent that typically fits one or two people they are usually rather small and easily carried.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I'm old and British so I think Swag is something that cartoon robbers have written on their loot bags.

Spoiler: like this

 

[Scarim Coral]

Swag is pretty much along these lines-
Being a pimp
Like a Boss
Or gotten alot of nice/ cool stuff

 

[Powereaver]

In my opinion its like having ego and stuff because many people who have swag tend to have bagfuls of ego and show it too

 

[Crazy Zaul]

Swag is loot.

The word most people are talking about is Swagger not Swag.

 

[SpectacularWebHead]

It's moronic.
This thread is now over.

 

[Verkula]

So i came in here to actually find out what it means but now im more confused then ever. D:

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

No f***ing idea. Apart from a portable tent/sleeping bag, but I don't think that's what you're getting at.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Off topic, but when are they going to be adding an alternate outfit for Magneto in Ultimate? I know that is the outfit they removed due to Spanish complaints, but the OCD part of me twitches at having every single other alternate costume than his.

I won't even mind paying for it, I just want to complete my collection.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Off topic, but when are they going to be adding an alternate outfit for Magneto in Ultimate? I know that is the outfit they removed due to Spanish complaints, but the OCD part of me twitches at having every single other alternate costume than his.

I won't even mind paying for it, I just want to complete my collection.

Well, from what I've heard, Capcom have no plans on further supporting UMvC3.

So no more patches, which I assume would mean that there's no replacement costume for Swagneto either.

 

[SirPlindington]

Well, you see "Swag" is part of certain kinds of curtains, as you can see...

Spoiler: Here!

I believe the bits that are actually the "swag" are the curls hanging from the top. Swag can also mean cool, fantastic, or epic, if you will. Although the second definition varies from place to place, it is usually a positive attribute, and can sometimes simply be a way to compliment something, without actually having a specific definition[footnote]This way of using it has gotten a bad name because of overuse by complete idiots, and it is probably unwise to use it in this manner unless you are in the company of said people.[/footnote]. So, you might say that curtains with "Swag" are very "Swag," if you like swag. And now you know.
[sub][sub]Swagggyyyyyyyyyyy[/sub][/sub]

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Off topic, but when are they going to be adding an alternate outfit for Magneto in Ultimate? I know that is the outfit they removed due to Spanish complaints, but the OCD part of me twitches at having every single other alternate costume than his.

I won't even mind paying for it, I just want to complete my collection.

Why are Spaniards unhappy with Magneto?

 

[Wadders]

I don't really know, but apparently it is quantifiable

Spoiler