Mi dear
friends:
I have
abandoned you all for so long, it’s like I don’t even know you people anymore!
Anyway, Exams are almost done for me and we have lots of catching up to do!!
So
while I was gone, it appears that a new trend has surfaced… And as it is with
pop culture, we will eventually move on to the next best thing in due time. No,
it’s not getting an education in a foreign country in order to be qualified for
the world of work… and no, I’m not
yet a celebrity. It’s something far more dangerous… even taking over
vocabularies in several languages.
Apparently, the
latest fashion trend is known as “SWAG” or “Something Weird And Gormless” –
Yes, Gormless. I am enthralled by
the number of young people who claim that they have swag. To make matters worse, they have come up with several parts
of speech for the term in question:
- Swaggerific (adj.) – a word used to describe your superior sense of fashion and your massive confidence. E.g. I’m so swaggerific! Check out my pink pants with my bright orange shirt!!
- Swagging (v.) – the act of proving one’s false confidence in one's sense of fashion. E.g. I am swagging! Nobody looks as good as I do in my pink pants and bright orange shirt!!
- Swagger (n.) – the way one dresses, walks and acts to indicate high confidence in an unmistakably stupid trend. E.g. “Swagger so bright, I don’t even need a light.” (Source: Lil’ Wayne).
I found it
quite hilarious to see some persons who are convinced that their SWAG is
superior to someone else’s. As far as I’m concerned, SWAG doesn’t pay my bills;
SWAG doesn’t get me a job (not even an interview, for that matter); SWAG
doesn’t contribute to my existence, so why flaunt a fad that has no economic or
physical value to my well-being?I emphasize the
value of education and declare that, as a woman, a Caribbean woman, I have to place a higher value on myself. I am
worth more than an outfit, fancy weaves and nails, and an over-sized sweater. I
am a lady. Enough said.
I will continue
to watch the comedy of persons attempting to out-SWAG the next person and if
there is a prize, well congrats… but until then, put the SWAG off for a later
date and spend valuable time upgrading your mind. ~JGIC
“The mind is a terrible thing to waste.” ~UNCF, 1972.
Jodi-Ann is an Environmental Studies Major in Nova
Scotia, Canada.
*Disclaimer: Photos taken from Google
