Meanings
plural Swalwells
- A placename.
- countableuncountableA suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NZ2062).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
- countableuncountableA surname.
The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon ran with it, a little sheepishly. "The other big political story is that the hashtag #Fartgate was trending yesterday after people thought Rep. Eric Swalwell may have passed gas on live TV," he said.
2019 November 20, Peter Weber, “The Daily Show gets to the bottom of the MSNBC-Eric Swalwell #Fartgate mystery”, in The Week
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Swalwell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swalwell
“Swalwell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swalwell. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Swalwell,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swalwell.
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