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Swagtankerous 

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A portmanteau of 'swag' and 'cantankerous'. Notable in that the meaning taken from the latter word is a colloquial usage, where 'cantankerous' is used in the opposite of its literal sense, or to a slightly off-vector magnitude. An intense degree of swagger, pleasantness, style, or acceptability.

Synonyms: Blazing, swaggerific, splendiferous, awesome, stylishAF, beyond fantastic.
"Hey bruh, how was the Travis Scott concert?"
"It was straight swagtankerous."
"Good shit. Glad you had a good time!"

"That downhill run in SSX you uploaded was swagtankerous, my man!"
"Thanks! I Can't Stop is one of the dopest songs to snowboard to in the game."

"Imma get swagtankerous off of dat dankerous"
"Careful, son. You know how you get when you smoke too much. I'm not taking care of you when you're seeing your own emotions in real time."
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Swagtaneous 

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Performing an act that is fun or spontaneous.

An item of affection considered to be cool.

Carrying ones self in a manner that dictates their personality preference for spontaneity, and otherwise all around dopeness!
Taking a random, last minute vacation would be #swagtaneous

"Flew across country to NYC on 2days notice, just to see Jay-Z perform at MSG."

A spontaneous purchase, that boosts one's "Swagger" might be #swagtaneous

"Woke up and decided to go shopping today"

Stopping at a bar for drinks, and leaving with phone numbers or members of the opposite sex. This would make for a #swagtaneous night.

"Tonight was supposed to start as a work happy hour and it ended pretty wild!

Can be used as a noun, verb, or adjective.
Swagtaneous by J Hoss May 10, 2011
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spantankerous 

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Being so rude that everybody thinks it's funny.
"Go suck a dick!"
"Quit being Spantankerous, Jim, it's not funny."
"What a pussy..."
spantankerous by Brieann November 9, 2006
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