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wearing ones pants around the hips so that they sag down and bunch up around the
ankles. Originally, this was a prison thing that signified that you were another prisoner's
property, ie bitch. Punks were forced to wear their pants this way so it would be easier for
their masters to pull their pants down and butt-fuck them. Somehow this became a 1990's
fashion trend. I learned this from watching a TV special on prison life. The inmate who
related the story was an elderly black gentleman who had been sentenced to life in prison
and had been there for over fifty years. He marveled how such a mark of shame became a
fashion statement. He said that younger inmates don't believe him when he tells them but
swears it's the truth. I believed him. I also think they should let him out already, he's like 80
and I don't think he represents a threat to society.
Look at any wanna-be gangster (wankster) How the hell are you supposed to run from cops
with your pants around your hips and your shoes unlaced anyway. If any of these little
punk-asses actually did anything bad enough to get them thrown in the slammer they
would no doubt shortly find out exactly what saggy pants are good for.
by Spanky McSpunk April 15, 2003
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Wearing your pants below your waist. It originally meant you were gay
in prison (much research into finding and confirming that) but
somehow became fashionable. It did not originally mean anything
about a gang, which is an extremely common misconception. There is nothing cool about
wearing your pants low.
Look at that faggot sagging his jeans almost as low as his knees.
#sagging#gay#homo#prison#jeans
by SaggingIsForGayCriminals February 19, 2012
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Hip-hop and gangster cultural fashion: Wearing one's pants below the
level of the waist, sometimes below the level of the buttocks, with
one's boxer shorts showing. The style may date back to around 1989.

The origin of this originally young, urban, black style is unknown. A commonly accepted
origin theory was that is was an outgrowth of prisons, where inmates' clothing was often
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too large and sometimes no belts were allowed.

It may be related to skateboard/snowboard fashion.

At least one scholar thinks there is a tie-in with African culture.

There is also some evidence that a male showing his underwear-covered buttocks in prison
was, at one point, linked to a desire for sex, or a mark that a prisoner was "owned" by
another prisoner, sexually. Whether this kind of showing one's buttocks has any relation to
sagging is unclear.

Some areas have begun to outlaw this style recently (2011). Apparently the objection is the
amount of underwear shown.
He was sagging, hitching up his pants, shuffling down the street, with a swagger. He was
really busting a major sag.
by Awed2 June 20, 2011
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wearing ones pants below the waist to make pants baggier. This is
seen as a "cool" way to wear pants, as seen by the number of rappers,
skaters, rock stars, etc. that wear them. Usually a belt is not worn to
reinforce sagging.
I was walking down the street, and my pants were sagging, so i had to pull them up every 3
seconds.
by Anonymous September 06, 2003
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Wearing your pants in such a way that you shit your pant for a month
and no one would know (exept for the smell). The resulting bloated
backside would be similar that of a ghetto booty or bubble.
by krunchie December 03, 2003
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