"You're A Jerk!": 19 Most Iconic Characteristics Of The 2010s Jerk/Swag Era
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Between the late 2000s and the early 2010s there was a movement so large in music that it practically consumed a generation.
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Beginning as a dance trend, the jerkin' era made a huge splash after rap duo, New Boyz, released their song "You're a Jerk" in the summer of 2009. That summer, jerkin' went from a dope new hip-hop dance to an entire cultural phenomenon. The jerkin' dance became such a craze in part because of the fashion worn by the New Boyz, the hip-hop group instrumental in popularizing the swag style alongside the jerkin' dance.
There was such an infatuation with jerkin' and the swag aesthetic, which is basically a mix of punk and hip-hop street fashion with a hint of preppy, that it became the crux of pop culture. Oh, and if you're still oblivious to what swag actually means, you can relax in knowing that the definition is individualized, however overall it just means you're extremely stylish and exhibit a certain cool factor. Below are the 19 definitive aspects of the swag era!
1.Colored Skinny Jeans
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Neon colored skinny jeans were in high demand during the jerk/swag era and were worn equally by girls and boys, young men, and women alike. The louder and tighter your skinny jeans the better since bright colors were the ultimate sign of a person having "swag" circa 2009–2014. Anyone who was a teen or young adult during the 2010s will for sure have a picture of them in skin tight flamboyant skinny jeans somewhere buried in their Facebook photo gallery.
Exactly how I've used the word swag excessively in this article for emphasis is representative of how overly used the phrase was in the 2010s. Swag, swaggy, swagged-out, all of the various ways swag was utilized, was common back then, and swag itself was used as both a noun and adjective. Derived from its full name, "swagger," swag simply meant someone who was super stylish and had a cool persona.
8.Colored flannels & letterman sweaters
9.Vests
10.Ray-Ban glasses without lenses
11.Ripped jeans & khakis
12.Graphic Tees
13.Bright colored sunglasses & party shutter glasses
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