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Shwag, most commonly known as "middies" "mids" "regs" "brick bud" in cannabis culture, most often refers to low quality cannabis. Shwag is of low quality because it is usually grown in mass quantities and without separating the males from the females. Without separating the sexes, marijuana will put forth seed and seeding reduces the THC content of the bud. Shwag's low quality also stems from its poor curing (usually rushed) and poor storage (vacuum packed in brick form). These factors combined result in an end product very different from high grade marijuana in that the individual buds are green-brown to brown, contain seeds, and are flattened and dry. Their trichome hairs and leaves are usually about the same color, brown. High grade marijuana usually consists of thick, seedless, sticky-moist, skunky-smelling buds with green leaves and orange, white, or red to purple trichome hairs. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... Image File history File links Acap. ... In popular culture, the term swag usually refers to promotional items or gifts that are given away by companies or organizations. ... // Main article: Stoner Rock Many musicians attempt to recreate their experience with cannabis through the use of audio distortion, droning, echoes, or guitar effects. ... Cannabis (also known as marijuana[1] or ganja[2] in its herbal form and hashish in its resinous form[3]) is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa L. subsp. ...


Alternate spellings of shwag include schwag, shwagg, or schwagg.


Based on the usage in cannabis culture, the term is now used in some contexts to describe things that are unpleasant, disliked, or subpar. In some social circles, usually of youth culture, shwag and dank have come to replace the more typical terms "bad" and "good,". The usage of the term is slowly spreading out of cannabis culture and into more mainstream conduits in a similar manner to the term "quitting cold turkey" evolving out of a strictly heroin oriented context and into a context of quitting anything. Additionally, shwag has become a prefix in youth slang, for example shwagtastic, shwagmopolitan, or shwag-gina. In London youth culture, the word 'swag' can mean something that is disliked or sub par. Cold turkey is a slang expression describing the actions of a person who gives up a habit or addiction all at once. ... For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). ...


Another use of the term is to describe an object that gets in the way of performing a task. In that sense, the word was coined by Roger Houcke, who used it to refer to obstructions on exhaust piping that prevent a muffler from fitting.


Also a colloquialism of swag. See Swag (disambiguation) for other meanings. In popular culture, the term swag usually refers to promotional items or gifts that are given away by companies or organizations. ... Swag may refer to: Loot taken by a thief or burglar - see also looting Swag, common term for promotional items, gifts to the general public, or a souvenir of a special event Swag valance, an ornamental window dressing draped in a curve between two points. ...


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Writing.Com: Shwag The Three-Headed Dragon (10619 words)
Shwag ran off as fast as he could, and the townspeople chased him for awhile with more insults, but it so happened that Shwag was able to hide in a large building until they had all past.
Shwag couldn’t believe what was in the room: there were test tubes and beakers with multi-colored bubbling liquids; bowls and pots of every sort and size, all filling up huge tables scattered haphazardly about the room.
Shwag cowered defenseless in a heap upon the cold stones, his body shivered with apprehension of the final fatal blow.
JD on EP: Macromedia shwag (361 words)
Macromedia shwag: I don't see this in MXNA, but it's Friday, and you may enjoy this....
To schwag or shwag, that is the question.
The urban dictionary has it as "shwag" in the first listing, but then spells it as "schwag" in the example, so I guess I'm in decent company.
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