+Birdsong-n-Bud Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 What is "SWAG" an acronym for, please? Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 (edited) The noun "swag" has 3 senses in WordNet. 1. swag -- (valuable goods) 2. loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money -- (goods or money obtained illegally) 3. swag -- (a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman) In the engineering world we use SWAG to mean Sweet Wild A** Guess. Edited November 15, 2004 by rusty_tlc Quote Link to comment
+RichardMoore Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 What is "SWAG" an acronym for, please? It's not an acronym, it's an old pirate word for treasure, booty, plunder, etc. Okay, maybe not just pirates, but it sounds more adventurous that way. Quote Link to comment
beebot Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Swag is the collection of Trade Items cachers carry. But if it was an acronym in the geocaching world, perhaps it would be: Something We Always Give (no wait, that would be like a Signature Item) Stuff We Always Get Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 It has been used as a term for free stuff (giveaways) for some time. It's a fairly common American slang term. Some people have said its an acronym for "stuff we all get", however in 19th century British thieves' slang, swag was a thief's plunder or booty or a quantity of goods unlawfully acquired'. The term appears in Grose's 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, where one of the definitions is "any quantity of goods". James Hardy Vaux, who was a convict in Australia, includes the term in the slang dictionary compiled in 1812 and published in his Memoirs in 1819: "The Swag is a term used in speaking of any booty you have lately obtained". In Australia the term swag was transferred from the quantity of goods acquired by a thief to the possessions carried by a traveller in the bush. I guess the "Jolly swagman" in the Aussie song, Waltzing Matilda is an example of the latter usage. Checking my Webster's 9th New Collegiate Dictionary, among the definitions of swag are "goods obtained illegally" and "loot". My guess is the the current meaning has evolved from this usage and the idea that its an acronym for "stuff we all get" is apocryphal and of recent vintage. I'm not that smart, I just Google well Quote Link to comment
+Cache us Clay Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I looked on the internet a while back on this, and I'm betting it's the slang definition of "booty" (the pirate kind). I also saw that there was an acronym definition of "Souvenirs, Wearables and Gifts". Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I'm not that smart, I just Google well Don't let him try to fool you. He is that smart (and has over 10,000 posts!) Quote Link to comment
Mr. TSP Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Somebody's Worthless Awful Garbage Quote Link to comment
OkieRambler Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Another theme that is popular among some of us : " 'Scientific' Wild A-- Guess " Quote Link to comment
+NightPilot Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 (edited) Yes, Scientific WAG, as opposed to just a WAG. A SWAG is less imprecise than a WAG. This has nothing to do with swag in a cache, although I might make a SWAG as to what swag I'll find in a cache I'm searching for, based on reading the cache page and logs. If I haven't read anything, then I can only make a WAG at what swag might be there. Edited November 16, 2004 by NightPilot Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I always shake my head when I see a tread like this. One simple question that takes *one* one line answer and there are friggin 8 replies because the last person didn't word it exactly the same way the next person was going to. Some people are silly. Quote Link to comment
+Jeep_Dog Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 (edited) I always shake my head when I see a tread like this. One simple question that takes *one* one line answer and there are friggin 8 replies because the last person didn't word it exactly the same way the next person was going to. Some people are silly. Yeah, don't you just hate it when someone makes a post that had the same meaning as the one above it? Many of the questions barely would take a handful of words in one sentence to answer, yet scurvy dog cachers, free-lancers that they are, cause between 7 and 9 replies since they had to pipe in. Some cachers can be ludicrous. Edited November 16, 2004 by jeep_dog Quote Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I always shake my head when I see a tread like this. One simple question that takes *one* one line answer and there are friggin 8 replies because the last person didn't word it exactly the same way the next person was going to. Some people are silly. The Groundspeak forums are the strangest dadgum place. I've never been to any forum that so panics when threads go off-topic or worries about asking questions that have been asked before or closes threads the moment a question is deemed sufficiently answered. It's particularly odd since this is a relatively low-traffic board, so bandwidth shouldn't be much of an issue. Honestly, you don't get a refund if you answer in six words instead of eight. Relax. It's a conversation. They aren't charging by the electron. It's as much about building a community as answering the question. Quote Link to comment
+RichardMoore Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 They aren't charging by the electron. Is that a high school science teacher joke? Quote Link to comment
+Kitch Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I always shake my head when I see a tread like this. One simple question that takes *one* one line answer and there are friggin 8 replies because the last person didn't word it exactly the same way the next person was going to. Some people are silly. I regularly waggle my noggin' when I notice a topic like this. A easy inquiry that takes a short sentance to interprate and there are 9 flipping responses on account of the final guy didn't explain it completely the exact format the ensuing poster was thinking of doing. A few beings are weird. Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I always shake my head when I see a tread like this. One simple question that takes *one* one line answer and there are friggin 8 replies because the last person didn't word it exactly the same way the next person was going to. Some people are silly. My noggin oscillates when I see sewing material used in this manner. A short interrogative seeking a simple declarative generates replies in the multiple digits, (some of which, in fact, frig) due to semantic variation in locution. Every good boy does fine. Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Maybe it's just the circle I'm in, but it seems as though the term "trinkets" has fallen from favor. It's generally "swag" or "trades." I've even dropped using it unless I'm describing the hobby to an outsider. Another thought cames to mind. Why "swag?" Considering by all definitions it is stuff you get, then why is the stuff we all leave also "swag?" Just an observation I've made recently and has little to do with the conversation at hand. Ignore as usual. Quote Link to comment
4x4van Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I use the term "Geo-Loot" Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I always shake my head when I see a tread like this. One simple question that takes *one* one line answer and there are friggin 8 replies because the last person didn't word it exactly the same way the next person was going to. Some people are silly. I regularly waggle my noggin' when I notice a topic like this. A easy inquiry that takes a short sentance to interprate and there are 9 flipping responses on account of the final guy didn't explain it completely the exact format the ensuing poster was thinking of doing. A few beings are weird. Lets watch the first few replies on instant replay; First the original inquiry: ... Then the every helpful Rusty's reply which provided more than enough information. .... Next RM chimes in notice that the time stamp on his reply is very close to rustys, Richard is almost as helpful as rusty but a little slower on the switch. ... Finally beebot post, twenty minutes later. ... From this point on it's all rhetoric. Quote Link to comment
+RichardMoore Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Next RM chimes in notice that the time stamp on his reply is very close to rustys, Richard is almost as helpful as rusty but a little slower on the switch.... I keep saying that I've got to learn to type faster. Quote Link to comment
+Birdsong-n-Bud Posted November 17, 2004 Author Share Posted November 17, 2004 Somebody's Worthless Awful Garbage LOL! Thanks, everyone. I can't believe I've gone 40 years without having heard the term "swag" ...until geocaching. I guess this is the only time I ever got to loot pirate bootie! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I always shake my head when I see a tread like this. One simple question that takes *one* one line answer and there are friggin 8 replies because the last person didn't word it exactly the same way the next person was going to. Some people are silly. Did ya ever think that some people might see the question a respond to it without paging down to see if there are already responses? Quote Link to comment
beebot Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Did ya ever think that some people might see the question a respond to it without paging down to see if there are already responses? AND there could be several people all responding to the original post at the same time, but each "hit the POST button" at different times - making it look like everyone was just trying to reword the last answer a little better/different. Just pointing out the not so obvious. Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I always shake my head when I see a tread like this. One simple question that takes *one* one line answer and there are friggin 8 replies because the last person didn't word it exactly the same way the next person was going to. Some people are silly. Did ya ever think that some people might see the question a respond to it without paging down to see if there are already responses? Yup, that's a little silly! Quote Link to comment
+Kitch Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 couldn't get it to fit in the ammo box Quote Link to comment
+ValleyRat & TillyMouse Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Yeh, but really, all kidding aside, What is it? Quote Link to comment
+Cachew Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 I think its similar to SWAG MAR: Scientific Wild A** Guess - Made At Random. Quote Link to comment
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