+28 The popularity of the word swag has declined over the years. amirite?

by Fbosco 1 week ago

yeah thats how slang works except cool, cool is always around

by Dachadalberto 1 week ago

Swag was cool once. But cool has always been cool.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

its the cats pajamas

by Dachadalberto 1 week ago

The bees' knees!

by GlitteringBag6171 1 week ago

Groovy!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Word to your motha!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Rad

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Gimme 5 bees for quarter! Course that was back in dickity two...

by kovacekeden 1 week ago

It was the style at the time

by Wnicolas 1 week ago

If swag was cool once then consider me Miles Davis

by Gullible-Profit 1 week ago

cool was cool before it was cool

by Empty-Preparation 1 week ago

If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis

by smithbrannon 1 week ago

If peeing on someone is cool call me P Diddy, actually wait no don't do that anymore

by Zreinger 1 week ago

James has always been swag.

by Complete_Freedom 1 week ago

swag tried to kill the metal but they failed, as they were stricken down, to the ground!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

What's cooler than being cool?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think cool isn't even slang now, it's an integral part of the English language now, probably explains why it's stuck around for so long.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Did it stick around because it's an integral part of the English language, or is it an integral part of the English language because it somehow stuck around?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Cool has an etymology that is slightly more integrated into the rest of language than some other 'slang.' Keeping your cool means not getting heated, hot-headed, or angry. It means not showing your strong emotions under pressure. Cool became cool as in socially superior as a deviation from this more integral meaning.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Bet

by Infamous_Highway9519 1 week ago

and a fine skibidi toilet to you

by Dachadalberto 1 week ago

You don't gyatt the rizz to Ohio that

by kesslerluisa 1 week ago

Tubular

by LopsidedCounter7822 1 week ago

It's pretty rad that cool is still around.

by Christopheschup 1 week ago

Not before the 1940s lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

you werent there. prove to me that the first people in the americas didnt say "hey this place is cool"

by Dachadalberto 1 week ago

Ni**a please

by Ok_Cucumber_8819 1 week ago

Seriously. The stuff that's considered mainstream slang among "young people" in pop culture always consists of terms and phrases that black Americans had been using for at least 15+ years already.

by Outside-Fan 1 week ago

And dude, the shortened version of Yankee Doodle Dandy. Yeah, look it up....

by SweetAccomplished553 1 week ago

Cool will always be cool and thats pretty cool

by briceroberts 1 week ago

That's hot

by Dachadalberto 1 week ago

Cool is always cool, if you will

by Zreinger 1 week ago

Cool actually meant something more way back in the 50s-- I remember my priest growing up actually gave a speech about the word. Today cool is a soft positive word and has stayed popular because there's no other word that does what it does. But it meant something bigger when it first came out, sort of like awesome.

by Artistic-Lab 1 week ago

What's interesting about "cool", to me, is that my dad could say it, and it didn't sound weird coming out of his mouth the way other similar slang did. It just felt like something we shared. I dunno why it just feels a little more fundamental.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Skibidi

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Idk about you, but i hop out the bed and turn my swag on every damn day

by Anonymous 1 week ago

it's not swag anymore

by hintzwillow 1 week ago

It's not even rizz I'm afraid

by Master_Comparison 1 week ago

Mrbeast said happy birthday

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Why did i picture an italian thug in a convertible car roll up say this and shoot the dude?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

rizz is just game that can be platonic as well.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I only ever see people use the word ironically. Then again, it feels like Gen Alpha is seeing Gen Z using slang ironically and taking it seriously, lol.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's cringe af fam!

by stephen97 1 week ago

Can you give a specific example?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Of what specifically, I said a few things there.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Rizzler

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't know what it is but I actually kinda like the word rizz. I don't know that I've ever used it in any serious manner, only ironically, but calling someone the rizzler or the rizzard of oz is kinda based.

by alisha03 1 week ago

Swag is still a common word in Australia you can still buy one easily in camping stores.

by Junior-Wrongdoer1625 1 week ago

They don't have to keep it secret anymore, they can be proud of who they are!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I work at a big university hospital. It's like a town in here with a bank, classrooms, a starbucks, a few gift shops, a restaurant, etc... so, they often have 'fairs' in the hallways or atriums. I'm always first in line to get the SWAG. And the other day, I was walking back to my office with my hands full of the stuff. Someone asked what it was, and I said 'Stuff We All Get!' they looked at me funny and I said 'SWAG! Go get your SWAG, people!' I don't know if that's what you mean by 'swag'. but that's how I've always used it, and continue to use it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

‘Secretly we are gay'

by Albertorolfson 1 week ago

That's schwag

by karianneruecker 1 week ago

Now I'm confused. The acronym SWAG is pronounced schwag, but swag is short for swagger?

by veumausten 1 week ago

Well it only got popular around 2008, and was a mediocre slang word to begin with

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I still use it daily. Im also a waste of life so take that how u will

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Swag? Dude, it's been like 14 years.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Right now as of 2024? ‘Rizz'

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Nono, to refer to free merch

by veumausten 1 week ago

Oh that's right I forget that was a corporate marketing gimmick. To sell emo clothes to none emos.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I remember HR came to my department to give out "swag bags" and I cringed a bit when they said that. This happened back in 2021.

by Optimal_Yam 1 week ago

Yeah, we have better weed now. No more swag!

by AcanthaceaeOk2122 1 week ago

It was schwag around here. Swag will always be the word for free merch to me.

by dickensgiovanni 1 week ago

Is there some other meaning? Otherwise I don't see any indication "swag" use declining. I hear it all the time at conferences and expos.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think at a certain point around 2012, it was just assumed by most people that anyone who used the words swag and yolo were idiots, and it just became untrendy almost overnight.

by Terrible-Charge 1 week ago

When I was a kid I moved from NSW to Qld. I learned the terms swag, tuckshop and togs.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

From a stage crew perspective: Stuff we ain't gettin'.

by gerlachcarson 1 week ago

Every time I read the word swag, I hear it in Tom Haverford's voice

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Almost all the trendy words come and go quickly.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Swag is has been reduced to cheap free merchandise

by Crazy-Secretary 1 week ago

Sold my swag and bought some rizz.

by CanNo 1 week ago

Bring back wicked cool

by quinn10 1 week ago

Not as long as that musical is popular

by veumausten 1 week ago

Not in my circle lol

by CommunicationNo 1 week ago

Chad changed too and I hate it

by Shoddy_Warthog9092 1 week ago

Well yeah. ! Secretly We Are Goons Nobody wants that!

by greenleatha 1 week ago

And then years later it will get revived ironically until it gets picked up again by the general population and the cycle repeats.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah it's been replaced with Drip

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Scientific Wild-Ass Guess is still alive and well in some circles.

by Equivalent-Affect868 1 week ago

Pretty sure Mike Pompeo killed it in 2018 when he joked about creating a Deparment of Swag to make the State Department "cool" again. No, I'm not kidding. No, I'm not saying anything political. Just saying an old guy using the term helped murder it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Well we can continue to use swag to describe the garbage, stress balls, bags, cups, badge holders, etc. that companies are always giving away at conferences

by Small_Highlight 1 week ago

Same with "Estate Sale"

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I have a friend who'd still use it (at least she did in 2022/2023), I'd call her out for it lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah but swiggity is peaking

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I've noticed slang doesn't have staying power anymore. I think it's because of social media.

by Vwitting 1 week ago

That's cause we no longer all get stuff

by Anonymous 1 week ago

In my work SWAG is a scientific wild ass guess

by assuntasenger 1 week ago

And providing what metrics do you claim to wager your conjecture against

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Thank god. It was such a stupid word to begin with. The next one on the list is "cap" or any form of it. Can't wait for that trash to be discontinued.

by Neldaabshire 1 week ago

I still hear it used as the term described for companies or schools giving away any items as promotion or to rep the brand to there employees which ain't the original meaning but all pens and lanyards and shirts given by organizations are now called swag

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It is still a commonality at trade shows. Stuff We All Get

by SweetAccomplished553 1 week ago

Michael?

by Annabel75 1 week ago

Swag = aussie for bed roll.

by Markusledner 1 week ago