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Swag as slang-

Swag, slang originating in the early 1800s for stolen goods or booty; possibly carried by a swagman

Swag, slang originating from the Scottish slang word "swagger" which was a description of the way some Scots walk (in a swaying motion). The word was altered in the English language to mean "the way one presents oneself".

Swag, promotional items given away at trade fairs and events

The phrase "He/She has swag." only makes literary sense if taken as follows: "He/She has (a way to present oneself as an individual)."

Other uses-

Swag Stick, a short cane carried by a military officer.

Sources: Websters Dictionary and Wikipedia.
1: "That man's got some serious swagger!"

2: "Don't point it out! Maybe he has a gimp leg or something."

1: "Or he's Scottish?"

2: "With a peg-leg?"

1: "That must be it."
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Contrary to popular belief, SWAG actually stands for Sex With Alex Gaskarth. Alex Gaskarth is the singer of pop punk band All Time Low.
Person 1: Justin Bieber has so much SWAG!

Person 2: Bieber has Sex With Alex Gaskarth? I knew he was gay...
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Sex With A Ginger, usually only referring to those who are not truly ginger, but merely have red hair, and thus are lacking freckles, and in possession of one more soul than is allowed for a true ginger.
Holy shit, Karen Gillan is hot. She has me craving SWAG all day!
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S.W.A.G.= Secretly We Are Gay
justin bieber wants to be a nigger so he likes to say swag alot and he is gay so it is a secret saying of what he really is.
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Scientific Wild Ass Guess. A term used by Marine Corps when under extreme pressure and unable to waste time to calculate relative distances to targets, especially at night. A swag is a guesstimation of distances when there is no time for scientific formulaic calculations.
Soldier 1: How far those Taliban soldiers over there?
Soldier 2: I can't tell; There's no time, we'll have to make a swag.

John Smith one-shot-one-killed 16 N.V.A. soldiers in the middle of the night by swagging their relative distances.
by Mysticuno September 19, 2011
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A useless word used by dumb members of the cultural cancer that is the hip hop community. Blacks in general love to use this word. Being recognized by this word is one of the " few accomplishments" of African Americans, right after pants on the ground. If Darwin was alive today he would say, "look at them Galapagos Niggas with their pathetic and inferior culture. Ha! the missing link between apes and apes."
Tyrone: Look at them white girls with their sexy swag!
Me: STUF, Tyrone. Get ready for your parole officer interview tomorrow. Leave those white girls alone. No one wants you. You smell, you're aggressive, you're broke and you talk like a retard.
by The Man who Knew Too Much December 11, 2012
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Secret code word that people use to tell others "I am gay"
Tyler like going to all the gay clubs because he had swag
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