Herbal tea in a plastic sandwich bag sold as marijuana to an unsuspecting customer. Chiefly British. To lurch or sway. To travel about with a pack or swag. Probably of Scandinavian origin. Mike threw some cannabis seeds out in some wild field returned and a year later to collect his swag. Swag is an annoying word that stupid assholes made up to make themselves sound cool. Term » Abbreviation. Word in Term. Term » Abbr.
Filter by: Select category from list Notify me of new comments via email. Cancel Report. Create a new account. The newer meanings were based on an older, more established meaning that referred to goods acquired by unlawful means :. Silverware in those days was the choicest swag known to burglars It's likely that the "loot" sense of swag came into English from thieves' cant. We have 17th-century evidence of a number of phrases from the underworld that use this sense of swag , like swag-shop a shop selling goods and rum swag full of rich goods.
Modern swag, however, isn't stolen but given freely. We've entered this "promotional items" sense of swag into our Unabridged Dictionary. What about the other swag? That's a slang word that refers to stylish confidence.
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