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SWAGEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Acronym of various terms.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗SWAGEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From swag, an English slang word, in the mistaken belief that it originated as an acronym ("stuff we all get" or similar). For the true origin of the word, see swag.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗swagEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Inherited from Middle English swagen, a late collateral form of *swawen possibly originating from Lancashire and Yorkshire (possibly continued in Scots swaw (“wave”); parallel to e.g. drag for draw), from Old Norse *svaga (“to swerve, sway”), of unclear origin. Compare dialectal Norwegian svaga (“to sway, swing, stagger”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗swagEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Clipping of swagger. A common folk etymology is that the word derives from an acronym for "she wants a gentleman", "secretly we are gay" or other phrases.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗swagEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From 18th c. British thieves' slang, from the noun use of Etymology 1 above, "a swaying, an uneven motion." A folk etymology, particularly for the handouts definition, is “stuff we all get”.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- SwagEnglish · e-38700-3978
Swag, swag, n. (slang) anything obtained by plunder: baggage, esp. that carried by one tramping through the bush, a swagman's pack: the subsidence of a mine-roof: a festoon or hanging cluster of flowers.—ns. Swag′ger, Sw
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Swag, swag, v.i. to sink down by its own weight.—adj. Swag′-bell′ied, having a large projecting belly. [Prob. conn. with sway.]
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