Meanings
alternative shwag · alternative swag
- alternativeslanguncountableAlternative form of swag (“trinkets or promotional items given away at an event”).
National pride deserves something more than a fistful of freebies from a governmental schwag bag or the wearing of any one of the staggering array of commercially available pins.
2004, Blaise Cronin, Jeremiad Jottings, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 91Synonyms: tchotchkes
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAlternative form of swag (“trinkets or promotional items given away at an event”).
Origin
Unknown. Possibly related to shag (“shredded tobacco”). The "marijuana" noun sense is attested since the 1980s in the United States, the adjective since the 1990s. The "trinkets or items given away" sense is a variant of swag from 19th century thieves' cant.
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schwag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schwag
“schwag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schwag. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schwag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schwag.
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