Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Marijuana of inferior quality.
- noun A substance that looks like marijuana, such as tea or oregano, sold to an unsuspecting customer.
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- noun slang Low-grade or commercial-grade
marijuana . - noun slang Trinkets or promotional items given away at trade shows.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The latest schwag is the giant banner that came out in the UK.
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Freakonomics schwag is up for offer at the end of this post.
A Freakonomics Contest: The Coase Theorem Online - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Freakonomics schwag is up for offer at the end of this post.
A Freakonomics Contest: The Coase Theorem Online - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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I'm a serious conference rat, but this schwag is way outside of my experience, truly a cut above.
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It's called schwag or low-grade .... or buying in bulk.
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It's found in skunk, too, but probably the THC / cannabinol is higher than in schwag, which is often pressed, causing the THC to further break down as it becomes exposed to oxygen and heat.
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It's found in skunk, too, but probably the THC / cannabinol is higher than in schwag, which is often pressed, causing the THC to further break down as it becomes exposed to oxygen and heat.
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It's found in skunk, too, but probably the THC / cannabinol is higher than in schwag, which is often pressed, causing the THC to further break down as it becomes exposed to oxygen and heat.
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It's found in skunk, too, but probably the THC / cannabinol is higher than in schwag, which is often pressed, causing the THC to further break down as it becomes exposed to oxygen and heat.
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It's called schwag or low-grade .... or buying in bulk.
bilby commented on the word schwag
Hippy slang - low quality weed, or just something that sucks in general.
April 3, 2008
clarsen commented on the word schwag
Schwaglady - a person who goes to corporate fairs to just collect the handouts. Typically carries a large bag to hold all the stuff.
October 9, 2008
seanahan commented on the word schwag
Shouldn't that be swaglady?
October 13, 2008
muse66 commented on the word schwag
free stuff, often with some sort of branding, frequently distributed at trade shows and other promotional events.
July 10, 2009
rawiener commented on the word schwag
They had great schwag at the hardware booth during the convention.
August 13, 2009
1997 commented on the word schwag
anyone know the etymology of this word? I'd always thought the word was "swag," an acronym for Something We All Get.
April 23, 2010
kirinqueen commented on the word schwag
@ Ben Jackson: the word is indeed "swag", but someone (or probably a number of someones) somewhere picked up this alternate version and propagated it. (Perhaps to distance it from the "stolen" sense of "swag"?) I'm pretty sure the claim that it is an acronym of "stuff we all get" is a folk etymology.
July 30, 2010