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swag

swag

Date: Aug 18 2016

Themes: Celebrity, Soap Opera, Sports

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My final journey to the Olympic Games has begun. Believe me when I say the new @Nike swag is official!

—Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad, speaking about receiving clothing from Nike (Twitter)

Definition

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free things that companies give away to advertise their businesses, promotional items

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Wouldn’t it be great if companies gave away their products for free? Most companies cannot do this, but they might give you something little for free. They might give you a magnet for your refrigerator or a notebook with their name on it. If you go to a convention or a festival, they might even give you something better. If you’re lucky, you might get a free pair of socks with the company logo, a nice hat, or a coffee cup. These cheap, free items are called swag.

Companies don’t spend a lot of money on swag. Most swag is small and cheap. It helps companies to quickly get their names and logos in a lot of places. Because Olympic athletes are in the media, companies like to give them swag. Ibtihaj Muhammad is on the US Olympic fencing team, and she recently received a lot of free athletic clothing from Nike. She is very popular in the media, and Nike hopes people will see their logo when she wears their swag.

Do you like to collect swag? What is your favorite type of swag?

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“I like to collect all the swag at music festivals.”

“My dad just bought a bunch of swag with his company’s logo on it.”

“Do you want to work in the promotional booth with me? You can give away the swag.”

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hermitlady

China


  Yes. As a housewife, I like to collect swag. I would thought all woman liked this. Generally, there is the psychology of greedy little cheap on woman. I am a woman.



  As a housewife, I like to collect the small living product such as small glass bowl , china cup, stainless steel basin and so on.



  I used to buy a lot of instant noodles only because I wanted the beautiful bowl on them. I knew I didn’t need the instant noodles. My husband and my son usually laughed at me for that.



  In the supermarket, I liked the shopping cart. It was packed to about 10 kilogram washing liquid. Yes. I had about 6 kilogram washing liquid at home that I didn’t need them at all. But , I bought them and I got the shopping cart.



 


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