Bag/ baggies/bags/bags of

Origin of: Bag/ baggies/bags/bags of

Bag/ baggies/bags/bags of

<p>Bag meaning to shoot game and put it in a bag dates from the 15th century and is the origin of the expression &#39;in the bag&#39;, meaning a successful outcome of anything, which dates from the late 19th/early 20th century. Bags as in the expression, &lsquo;bags I go first&rsquo;, which indicates a wish or desire to do something, derives from the same sense of bagging something i.e. putting something into a bag, and therefore being successful, but dates from the early 19th century. &#39;Bags of&#39; in the sense of &#39;lots of&#39; dates from the late 17th century, from the allusion to whatever quantity of anything one can put or carry in a bag. Bag meaning an unattractive woman dates from the early 20th century, an abbreviation of baggage, which is an old word for a worthless strumpet, dating from the late 1500s. Bags is colloquial for trousers and dates from the mid-19th century. Baggies, as in loose-fitting swimming or surfing trunks dates from the 1970s. Bag in the sense of a special interest or pastime as in, &lsquo;classical music is my bag&rsquo; dates from the mid-20th century and is originally Black American slang that became popular during the 1960s. See also Holding the bag/baby.</p>