schwag

schwag

1. slang Marijuana, especially of inferior quality. I can't believe they expelled him for selling a little bit of schwag out of his car. I've been unemployed for the past few weeks, so all I can afford is this skunky schwag.
2. slang Merchandise or small promotional items given away at events such as conferences. A variant spelling of "swag." Look at all the schwag I got at that HR conference! Pens, a clipboard, even a beach ball! I hear they're giving away all sorts of sweet gaming schwag from their booth at the expo.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • shwag
  • ragweed
  • a cut below
  • janky
  • rotgut
  • second best
  • trade up from
  • trade up from (something)
  • movie
  • movies
References in periodicals archive
The company would be targeting small businesses as clientele, so they also wanted a name that would look good and be easy to put on marketing materials and schwag, says Finken, OrangeSoda co-founder and advisor.
Schwag says "De Cubans para Cubanos" [By Cubans and For Cubans] could very well be the first and only non-governmental publication of its kind in Cuba since the 2007 closing of the Catholic magazine Vitral, which was based in Pinar del Rio.
The book's content covers the usual logistics to consider in planning a meeting, such as location, topics for sessions, scheduling of sessions, logo (if any), food and drink, session leaders, audiovisual or media needs, souvenirs or "schwag," communication with potential attendees, physical setups, problem troubleshooting, Internet connections, and follow up through online postings on social networking tools or online surveys.
Like any good Pride, BA's features towering drag queens, leather chaps, booths selling rainbow schwag and hot queers.
Some craft brewers also make lagers, including Ninkasi's Schwag, that are relatively light, but still clean-tasting and flavorful.
The only hint of Hollywood was the schwag: a black backpack that included a FlipCam Ultra."They have done this humongous about-face," said Jia Shen, co-founder of RockYou.No one would know better.
For Dan Rayburn, executive vice president of Streaming Media, it's the schwag, as he famously stood up and announced before a keynote at Streaming Media West 2006, clutching a lighted yo-yo.
But even if NIDA were a reliable supplier, Doblin says, "we don't want their weed." NIDA's brown, stems-and-seeds-laden, low-potency pot--what's known on the streets as "schwag"--cannot stack up against the dense green, aromatic, and powerful sinsemilla favored by most medical marijuana patients (and grown by GW).
It's fun to browse through the Demos e-commerce site, ConventionStuff.com to see the kind of schwag that delegates are battling over.
Featuring two nights of headliner, Grateful Dead Experience: The Schwag, and accompanying acts such as Aaron Kamm & The One Drops, Bob Marley Tribute: Nonstop Reggae, Mountain Sprout with their special flavor of bluegrass, and more to be announced.
"Gayglers from all departments of Google formed sub-committees to discuss budget, plan events, order schwag and advertise Pride while keeping an eye on the prize: ensuring the messages of diversity, inclusion and pride are central themes throughout it all," Google(https://plus.google.com/+LifeatGoogle/posts/ZKd1YHSCiBH) wrote in a Google+ post .
Three years ago, Vermont humanitarian worker Rick Schwag was detained for eight days in a Havana prison for reasons still unknown to him.
"We'll have tons of schwag and also the typical shepherd's pie and corned beef and cabbage," Kungys said.
A recognition of past IOLUG officers, trivia questions, and prizes from earlier days--mugs, T-shirts, buttons, and other conference schwag, bearing logos of defunct (Maxwell Online) and ongoing (Standard & Poor's) companies--enlivened the end of the morning sessions.
Attendees will receive free schwag from Speck, a leading iPod, cell phone, satellite radio and electronic accessory products company based out of Palo Alto, California.