Spazticus wrote:



I know people screw around with the language constantly, and it adapts and changes accordingly. The acronym I mentioned predates the current usage by quite a few years, and my point that it really doesn't represent anything special (to the celebrities, anyway) was a factor in my response.

My issue with it is not as much the use of the term, but the mentality of some of the people who use it. The kids who say things like, "Who needs good grades, when you've got swag?" are the same kids who will probably still be asking in a few years, "Would you like fries with that?" It's this idea that their attitude is going to get them places, and time and again, most (sure a few do, but most won't) of the scene kids don't ever get anywhere. The entitlement aspect of it also bothers me, since it feeds into everything being about them. The world has enough of that self centered attitude in it already; we don't need yet another generation buying into the delusion too.

To look at it another way, a quote from my pen and paper RPG days: "Just because you have a character, does not mean you have character."

Alternatively, simply saying that you have style, yes, can be a statement that you have a style. It doesn't automatically mean that style is subjectively good. Humility isn't a bad trait to have, and it's a noticeably rarer one these days.