Shag

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The term Shag may refer to one of the following.

• Shag is a type of fabric.
• Shag is the name for some birds of the cormorant family like the Common Shag.
• Shag is fine-cut tobacco.
• "Shag" is the name of several different swing dances.
  • Collegiate shag is a swing dance from the 1920s that was popular among college students at the time.
  • Carolina shag is an unrelated swing dance that began in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the 1940s and is often associated with beach music.
  • St. Louis shag is another swing dance, beginning in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Shag is a 1989 film starring Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish, Jeff Yagher and Scott Coffey. It features Carolina shag dancing and was produced in cooperation with the North Carolina Film Commission.
• SHAG is the pseudonym of the artist Josh Agle.
• "Shag" is also a British slang word meaning sexual intercourse; it is also used in this sense, though less commonly, in American English.
• Shag is also a hairstyle.
• Shag usually with "bag" is a cylindrical tube with a cloth top for holding golf balls when retrieving from the range.
• A word meaning to fetch; used particularly in the sport of baseball in reference to players who retrieve balls hit into the outfield during batting practice.
• The term shag or shagging is also used in New England, Boston North, to refer to the act of retrieving shopping carts from the parking lots of retail and grocery stores. "Can you go out and shag anyone without getting arrested?"
• There are several locations named Shag.
• Ukrainian shah (shag), a historical currency of Ukraine
• In Northwestern Ontario, Canada, a "shag" refers to a wedding fundraising party. The term comes from combining bridal shower and stag (bachelor party) to get "shag". Generally, the wedding party plans the shag. A function hall is rented and tickets are sold for about $2 or $3 before the event and at the door. A shag includes dancing, cash bar, snack foods, and raffle tickets that are sold for prizes and gifts donated from local businesses. Shag tickets are sold to those who know the engaged couple as well as those who don't. The size of the shag is dependent on the size of the function hall and the number of tickets sold. Often shags have an attendance of a couple of hundred people. Because alcohol is often sold, those attending a shag must have reached age of majority in that province.