schwag

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/ʃwæɡ/

noun

Low-grade or commercial-grade marijuana.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

nounschwag (uncountable)

alternative shwag · alternative swag

  1. slanguncountableLow-grade or commercial-grade marijuana.

    The stuff tasted good, better than the usual shwag. I handed him his pipe back, then pulled out my wallet. "Is twenty good?"

    2002, Joe Babcock, The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers, Closet Case Books, →ISBN, page 157

    Synonyms: mersh, regs

  2. 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 91

    Synonyms: tchotchkes

adjectiveschwag (not comparable)

alternative shwag · alternative swag

  1. USnot comparableslanginferior; low-grade

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLow-grade or commercial-grade marijuana.

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nounAlternative form of swag (“trinkets or promotional items given away at an event”).

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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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APA

schwag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schwag

MLA

“schwag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schwag. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schwag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schwag.

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