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Apple fans know that the only place one can get Apple-branded apparel and schwag is from the company store at Cupertino.

Well, says me, what the heck is "schwag"? So I goes and checks the google, and this is what I find:

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Urban Dictionary: schwag
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schwagadj.
Term used to describe low grade marijuana. This type of marijuana is usually brown, seedy, dry. The term is also used by many pot heads to des...

And now me thinks a job in Cupertino sounds mildly fascinating.

[TeaEarleGreyHot]

On the Orbitz ranking of hotels for Mac browsers... well, we've been saying all along that Mac users choose quality and value over bare-bones low price, and now that is being supported by Orbitz' new practice. We already know there's a Super8 or Days Inn in every city.

[phdtop]

TeaEarleGreyHot, on 26 June 2012 - 04:25 PM, said:

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Apple fans know that the only place one can get Apple-branded apparel and schwag is from the company store at Cupertino.

Well, says me, what the heck is "schwag"? So I goes and checks the google, and this is what I find:

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Urban Dictionary: schwag
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schwagadj.
Term used to describe low grade marijuana. This type of marijuana is usually brown, seedy, dry. The term is also used by many pot heads to des...

And now me thinks a job in Cupertino sounds mildly fascinating.

I think they mean "swag". I haven't looked it up, but to me the word "swag" means fashionable clothes and desirable stuff, perhaps obtained as a gift, and usually with a prominent brand name on it. No pot involved.

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phdtop, on 26 June 2012 - 10:42 PM, said:

TeaEarleGreyHot, on 26 June 2012 - 04:25 PM, said:

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Apple fans know that the only place one can get Apple-branded apparel and schwag is from the company store at Cupertino.

Well, says me, what the heck is "schwag"? So I goes and checks the google, and this is what I find:

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Urban Dictionary: schwag
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schwagadj.
Term used to describe low grade marijuana. This type of marijuana is usually brown, seedy, dry. The term is also used by many pot heads to des...

And now me thinks a job in Cupertino sounds mildly fascinating.

I think they mean "swag". I haven't looked it up, but to me the word "swag" means fashionable clothes and desirable stuff, perhaps obtained as a gift, and usually with a prominent brand name on it. No pot involved.

Swag is the term used for promotional, branded loot often given away at conventions and trade shows.