TWAG

English

Etymology

Blend of tennis +‎ WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

TWAG (plural TWAGs)

1. (informal) A wife or girlfriend of a tennis player.
   • 2007 August 21, Barney Ronay, “Game, set and match”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-04-25:

     Either way, the future looks secure for Tim and original Twag (tennis wife and/or girlfriend) Lucy. There's no need to become a PE teacher or pub landlord just yet.

   • 2014 June 24, Sarah Barns, “Get the look: It's all white for Kim Sears as she wows in £225 Reiss dress and Aspinal bag”, in Daily Express‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-04-25:

     Number one TWAG (that's tennis WAG) Kim Sears put her best fashion foot forward at the opening day of Wimbledon yesterday.

   • 2016 June 21, Sarah Barns, “IT’S LOVE-ALL! Meet the TWAGS (that’s the tennis wives and girlfriends) bringing the glamour to Wimbledon 2016”, in The Sun‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-04-25:

     FORGET the beautiful women cheering on from the side lines at Euro 2016, now it’s time for the TWAGs (that’s tennis wives and girlfriends) to steal the spotlight.

   • 2024 January 20, Damien Woolnough, “Meet the TWAGs changing the look of tennis”, in The Age‎^[4], archived from the original on 2024-01-20:

     With her appearance in the Netflix series Break Point, Riddle is the unofficial queen TWAG, with Nick Kyrgios’ girlfriend Costeen Hatzi, US player Tommy Paul’s partner Paige Lorenze and Daria Sergeyevna’s girlfriend Natalia Zabiiako part of a growing online royal court.