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schwag en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ʃwæɡ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (US, not-comparable, slang) inferior; low-grade

Forms

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schwag en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ʃwæɡ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) Low-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:
  2. (alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable) Alternative form of swag (“trinkets or promotional items given away at an event”).
    alt of swag
    • 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:

Forms

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shwag alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

middies · KB · heads · kine bud · KBs · kind bud · headies · mids

Synonyms

mersh (low-grade marijuana) · regs (low-grade marijuana) · tchotchkes (trinkets)