Other Acronyms
Other imitative acronyms to emerge in 2006 included:
| Acronyms | Description |
|---|---|
| CHAPs | "celebrities' husbands and partners"; |
| HABs | "husbands and boyfriends" for the partners of female tennis players at Wimbledon (and other female athletes); |
| MAGs | "mothers and girlfriends", or the singular "MAG" for mother of a WAG (e.g. "Wonder who's paying for Coleen's MAG's shopping?") |
| SADs | "sons and daughters" of footballers, a term used by the Sunday Times with reference to Bianca Gascoigne, daughter of Paul Gascoigne who played for England in the 1990 World Cup, Shaun Wright-Phillips, the adopted son of Ian Wright (Arsenal and England) and Calum Best, son of George Best (Manchester United & Northern Ireland); |
| SWAGs | used both for "supporters without a game" (i.e. England fans at a loose end in Germany on days when their team was not playing) and, according to the Guardian, "Summit wives and girlfriends" (the partners of World leaders attending the G8 Summit in St Petersburg, Russia on 15–17 July 2006). |