Swag … gag
… okay, after reading about the corporate jargon bingo game on gigglesugar i’ve been mentally tallying all the words/phrases/monstrosities of language that irk me and for some reason, the new-ish term ’swag’ is grating on me hardest. i know, the problems of the young and overly-pop sensible. i’m not sure when or where the term got popular, but when i kept hearing in on brian lehrer’s segment on corporate sponsorship and all the free t-shirt folks give out i had to get rid of some of the annoyance and post about it. urban dictionary, as usual, has some of the best ‘definitions’ of swag out there:
1. swag (s.w.a.g.)
Stuff We All Get (S.W.A.G.)
I went to the trade show and scored a ton of swag (s.w.a.g.) from the vendors like t-shirts, coffee mugs, bumper stickers, blah blah.
3. swag (s.w.a.g.)
Sista with a gun. Refers to an African-American female who is “packin’ heat”, or carries a firearm on her person.