swagger
a confident but arrogant way of walking
TRANSLATION
to swagger [strut] = stolzieren; großtun; prahlen mit; aufschneiden mit; herumstolzieren --- GOOGLE INDEX swagger: approximately 20,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
In the late Victorian and early Edwardian period of 1880-1914, at least, Britain had a SWAGGER in its step. You could see it in Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee of 1897 and Edward VII’s coronation in 1902, or hear it in the music of Edward Elgar. You could detect it in the objects of everyday life: coins of gold and silver, books bound in leather embossed with gold, stamps doubling as works of art.
The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914. By Simon Heffer. Random House Books.
The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914. By Simon Heffer. Random House Books.
Did you
know?
swagger
noun and verb
- a very confident and arrogant or self-important way of posture or manner
- walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way
(Cambridge Dictionaries)
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Swagger most likely comes from the 15th century "swag," meaning to move heavily or unsteadily. Swag in turn is probably from the Old Norse "sveggja," to swing or sway (related to the Old English "swingan," to swing).
Swagger was first recorded in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and is also found in King Henry IV:
Hang him, swaggering rascal! let him not come.
Hither: it is the foul-mouthed'st rogue in England.
According to researchers at Oxford Dictionaries, Shakespeare was responsible for the first-use of more than 1,300 words. Of these, he was the "only" user of around 300 words (meaning he was the first to use it in that sense until someone else used it at least 25 years later).
Shakespeare created words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising completely original words.
Apart from swagger, other common words coined by Shakespeare include bedroom, eyeball, champion, torture, generous, amazement, elbow, luggage, secure and majestic.
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SYNONYMS
(noun)
arrogance, hubris, pretension, self-importance, cockiness, conceit, haughtiness, high-handedness
(verb)
saunter, strut, brag, grandstand, parade, swell, put on airs, prance, boast, swashbuckling
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Start an OWAD conversation today:
"Did you know that according to research men who walk with SWAGGER in their shoulders appear twice as attractive to females. SWAGGER involves dipping the shoulders slightly with each step to create a rolling motion.
Women on the other hand, enhance their attractiveness by swinging their hips."
* Dr Kerri Johnson
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Thanks to Ingrid for suggesting today's word!
noun and verb
- a very confident and arrogant or self-important way of posture or manner
- walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way
(Cambridge Dictionaries)
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Swagger most likely comes from the 15th century "swag," meaning to move heavily or unsteadily. Swag in turn is probably from the Old Norse "sveggja," to swing or sway (related to the Old English "swingan," to swing).
Swagger was first recorded in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and is also found in King Henry IV:
Hang him, swaggering rascal! let him not come.
Hither: it is the foul-mouthed'st rogue in England.
According to researchers at Oxford Dictionaries, Shakespeare was responsible for the first-use of more than 1,300 words. Of these, he was the "only" user of around 300 words (meaning he was the first to use it in that sense until someone else used it at least 25 years later).
Shakespeare created words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising completely original words.
Apart from swagger, other common words coined by Shakespeare include bedroom, eyeball, champion, torture, generous, amazement, elbow, luggage, secure and majestic.
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SYNONYMS
(noun)
arrogance, hubris, pretension, self-importance, cockiness, conceit, haughtiness, high-handedness
(verb)
saunter, strut, brag, grandstand, parade, swell, put on airs, prance, boast, swashbuckling
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Start an OWAD conversation today:
"Did you know that according to research men who walk with SWAGGER in their shoulders appear twice as attractive to females. SWAGGER involves dipping the shoulders slightly with each step to create a rolling motion.
Women on the other hand, enhance their attractiveness by swinging their hips."
* Dr Kerri Johnson
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Thanks to Ingrid for suggesting today's word!
