swayve

swayve
n, adj
(the quality of being) sophisticated, elegant, refined.
The word is a mock-affected mispronunciation of 'suave' (along the lines of the earlier British fabe and mode).
► He's got loads of swayve, hasn't he?
► She's tres swayve.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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