I'm going to use this opportunity to complain about the misuse of the word swag. That sentence above to me that Shakespeare was sitting on some treasure; swag is a pirate term, damn it!

Swag-ger you lazy bastards (and by you I mean modern day society)

Swagger just lost the -ger in the last year or two. I ignored it at first, because its wrong. But its only growing in use.

Swag = Treasure

Back me up.

Kreayshawn is getting hyped far above her abilities... I read about her in the newspaper already ffs... but she's okay.

Swag didn't just recently lose the -ger. Maybe in terms of hip hop and considering it style but swag = treasure/free stuff is still used that way.

When celebs go to award shows they get swag bags which is filled with a whole bunch of free crap that companies want them to use so it gets more promotion/recognition.

I love hip-hop but them and awards shows need to get their paws off of the term.

Yahhrrr, pillaging and plundering the term swag is what they be doin...

scoundrel land lubbers...

From my own facebook status:

Dear rap/hip-hop - You have successfully proven that you can abuse a word until it means nothing, well done, now please stop saying "swag" every two ****ing seconds.

:tramp: Thank you! That's fantastic!

It's interesting that MB members have chosen to pounce on a thread about a white female rapper to criticize "regular" words that have been altered and turned into jargon by the general hip-hop community.

Have you noticed that many common English words have been appropriated and used "wrongly" by rappers for about four decades?

I'm sure Your facebook page is full of rap fans who agree with you. (Ha!)


This gives me even more reason to track down Kreashawn when she comes to my town for SXSW 2012. Among other things, I want to know what she thinks of you guys' racially and sexually motivated criticism of her word choice.
:)

Sorry, should have done it on Lil B's page?

I don't care what color she is or what's in between her legs, she's perpetuating the bastardization of a word with a meaning, when three letters more actually gets the desired definition...

after viewing this post, I had to be the first to comment on it.

all I posted was "SWAG" hehe

Yes.
Otherwise I have no reason to believe that you didn't target Kreashawn's sex and race.

Also, have you considered that you may be incorrect about rappers' definition and usage of the word 'swag' in general? I have. Even if you're right, who gives a shit about 3 letters (besides you) and why should they?

I still haven't even heard her. I was going off DJ's post

Shakespeare had swagger, certainly.

No I haven't. But I may be. But if I do get the gist of this, it just seems lazy and incorrect.

I kind of feel nobody wants to say swagger anymore, like M.I.A. killed it with Paper Planes or something.