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Shag Bands - do they have meanings?

Shag Bands - do they have meanings?

Shag bands came in the form of jelly bracelets or nylon strips in varying colours. They were the must-have accessory of any 90′s child. They were cheap, they formed a currency in the playground and you could fit around 50 on one arm if you tried. Everyone wore them at school. Those daring enough would wear loads and get told off by the teachers.

A precursor to the Lance Armstrong wrist bands, shag bands were definitely down with the kids. Mystical meaning was attached to the number and colour of bands one had.

One legend among many was that they equated to the numbers of friends or partners one had. Another scare-story among American parents is that the bands are used to advertise the sexual history of an individual. However, they mean different things in each school depending on the gossip mill.

A recent development in the history of the shag band is the charity band and the religion band. A piece of red string is worn by adherents of Madonna’s mystic Jewish religion, Kabbala, and thicker rubber bands are worn by those supporting various charities.

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  1. wat do they mean
    wat do shag band mean
    love lauren

  2. what does the coulor shag bands mean i need to no lol
    rb

  3. shag bands are baisically bands were someone gives u 1 n if u snap it thn u hav 2 shag tht person, im jst on th web 2 buy sum mor as in TOPMAN thy r reli expensiv but thy do thm in Claire’s n on ebay reli cheap x
    u shud buy thm thr good!
    bella x

  4. only black means shag, e.g green equals oral and i think orange is a flash you wil have to check that one out tho lol i wear 40 on each arm and teachers often tell me off lol i neva take em off it wud take to long!

  5. hiya guys i know dark red means lap dance and bright red means pull (french kiss)

  6. shag bands are jelly type bands that you ware as bracelets, if you snap someones shag band then you have to do somenthing with that person

    the colours mean:

    black-sex
    blue-blow job
    Pink-flash
    yellow-licking out
    purple-snog
    clear-whatever the snapper chooses
    Green-fingering
    glitter-girl chooses
    Indigo-Hand-job
    orange-petting

    x

  7. Black is sex
    Blue is oral
    pink is flash
    orange is petting
    red is lapdance
    green is fingering
    yellow is hug
    purple is kiss
    indigo is hand job
    clear the snapper chooses
    glitter the wearer chooses

  8. black – sex
    green – oral or fingering
    blue – oral
    orange – flash
    pink – hickey or flash (hickey is love bite)
    white – cozey hug
    purple – snog
    yellow – hug or liking out
    clear – snapper chooses
    glitter – girl chooses
    indigo – hand job
    red – lap dance

  9. well yea i lav shagbands
    there well cool.
    totally.
    gonna get sum saturday
    YAYYY CANT WAIT.
    i fu wana be my bestfriend, add me.
    YEAHHH
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  10. Everyone at my school just makes up the meanings as they go along. Like if someone breaks their purple one (Which is supposed to mean kiss) they’ll say it means shag cos they wanna shag them!

    Its stupid.
    :S

    xx

  11. black-sex
    pink-french kiss
    green – oral or fingering
    blue – oral
    orange – flash
    white – cozey hug
    purple – snog
    yellow – hug or liking out
    clear – snapper chooses
    glitter – girl chooses
    indigo – hand job
    red – lap dance

  12. For the people who don’t know what shagbands are…
    They are these jelly braclets that people are all wearing, it’s a game really.. if you snap a purple one it means ur gnnaa kiss the snapper, red ur gonna do a lap dance with the snapper & so on.

    For all the parents who see there kids wearing them..
    It’s not representing if they have shagged a person or w.e the meaning for the colours are.
    It’s just a game, it don’t mean anything. So dont worry!!

    It’s a cool game really, I got some today.. 24 in a pack only for £1
    It’s quality :P x

  13. This isn’t a new game – it was around when I was at school – about 15 years ago. I remember a we used to double them over to make it look like we had more. This was great until a slightly ‘chunky’ kid did it and cut off the circulation to his hand. Teachers and scissors soon got involved. Fun was over. Shag bands were banned.

  14. But I really want to know what they mean now so use the green button and share this on your Facebook to get your friends to have a look too.

  15. hi shag bands rock !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like all us lol i love u ed and jess lol yous all rock haha lmfao

  16. At my high school we really don’t do that crap but me and my friends joke around about it
    Black- sexual intercourse
    Blue- blow job (alternate meaning: lap dance)
    Green- cunnilingus (alternate meaning: outdoor sex, hug)
    Clear- whatever you want (alternate meaning: hug)
    Orange- kiss
    Yellow- hug
    Red: lap dance
    Purple- anal sex
    Silver- fisting
    White- flash your tits
    Pink- flashing
    Gold glitter- make out
    Brown- toss my salad, i.e., analingus
    Glow in the dark- using sex toys
    glittery yellow-hugging & kissing
    glittery green-69
    glittery purple-French
    glittery orange-kiss
    Indigo- Hand-job with blowjob
    Clear Gold with glitter-fingering
    Clear blue-All of everything
    Clear Pink-Its the girls choice.
    Clear Green- All Anal
    Glow in the dark pink- female sex toys
    Glow in the dark blue- boy sex toys
    Glow in the dark green-Sex with porn.
    light blue-masturbate
    gold-suck on any part of body
    gray(silver)- flash

  17. I LOVE YOU EMO JOD I WANT YOUR BABIES!!

    LOVE YOUU!!

  18. Do as the shag bands say

    they are jesus

  19. black-sex
    pink-french kiss
    green – oral or fingering
    blue – oral
    orange – flash
    white – cozey hug
    purple – snog
    yellow – hug or liking out
    clear – snapper chooses
    glitter – girl chooses
    indigo – hand job
    red – lap dance

  20. HAHA SHAG BANDS R JOKESSS LOL :p X

  21. I LOVE SHAG BANDS
    i never wear them in school
    then my friend started wearing them and then EVERYONE started wearing them exept me my friend emma and a few guys but its got really annoying now =/
    and i dont wanna wear mine outa school either because they’d say im copying =/

  22. black-sex
    pink-french kiss
    green – oral or fingering
    blue – oral
    orange – flash
    white – cozey hug
    purple – snog
    yellow – hug or liking out
    clear – snapper chooses
    glitter – girl chooses
    indigo – hand job
    red – lap dance

    I love shag bands der soooo amazin :D …got loads X.!

  23. guys i need to know the meaningss of the bands plz tell me

  24. There’s quite a few explanations above. I’m more confused. Help!

  25. i love shag bands they are well kl but i ave just written down 8 pages of differnt meanings im sooooo confused!!!!!!

    i only want 1 page of meanings

    plzzz help!!!!

  26. u can get em cheap from blue bannana.they defenetly mean dis:
    black-shag/sex
    white-flash
    glitter-girl chooses
    blue-blo job
    green-fingering
    red-lap dance
    purple-snog
    yellow-hug
    clear-snapper chooses
    pink-either french kiss or hiking
    indigo-hand job
    glow in the dark -using sex toys
    ok these are defo right solook at mine and leave me comments!okey dokey bibi

  27. yeah, shag bands are the boom !

    but like howd you make them??

    ino what the coulours meen?

    BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM ?

    please reply!!

  28. YOU CAN GET THEM FOR £3 AT CLAIRE’S
    ok most people here are wrong i have been using shag bands for 6 year and i have done themm all many times wiv my boyfriend of 4&&a half years ;)

    Black = Shag
    Pink = Flash/Hickey (Chewy/ LoveBite)
    Purple = Rainbow Kiss
    Yellow = Lick outt
    Blue = Give Head/Toss Off <> Thiis one is best
    Green = Finger
    Indigo = Hand Job
    Red = Lap Dance
    Glitter = Girl Chooses
    White = Boy Chooses
    Glow In The Dark = Use Sex Toys i like this one :)

    i think i got em all :D

    fOR tHOSE wHO dONT kNOW wHAT a rAINBOW kISS iS (pURPLE) iT iS wHERE tHE gIRL iS oN hER pERIOD aND tHE bOY lICKS hER oUT aND kEEPS tHE bLOOD iN hIS mOUTH aND tHE gIRL IVES bOY hEAD aND kEEPS cUM iN hER mOUTH aND tHEY sNOG aND mIXX iT tOGETHER iT sOUNDS nASTYY i kNOWW X

  29. i need to know wat the black glitttery one is cos it just got snapped aarrrrrrrrgh

  30. Black- sexual intercourse
    Blue- lesbon sex
    Green- lick out
    Clear- what eva you want
    Orange- anol sexx
    Yellow- head
    Red: sex wid cream
    Purple- kisss
    Silver- tit wank
    White- oral sex
    Pink- flashing
    Gold glitter- get wid eachother
    Brown- toss off
    Glow in the dark- dildooos
    glittery yellow-hugging & kissing
    glittery green-69
    glittery purple-French
    glittery orange-kiss
    Indigo- Hand-job
    Clear Gold with glitter-fingering
    Clear blue-everything
    Clear Pink-Its the girls choice.
    Clear Green- All Anal
    Glow in the dark pink- female sex toys
    Glow in the dark blue- boy sex toys
    Glow in the dark green-Sex with porn.
    light blue-masturbate
    gold-suck on any part of body
    gray(silver)- lap dance

  31. green-fingering

  32. black/sex
    White/Finger
    Red/Boy Chooses
    Pink/Girl Chooses
    Yellow/Toss Off
    Purple/Rainbow Kiss

  33. retard

  34. ur al barsteds

  35. loads of people say there right when u look there all differnet

  36. That’s sort of the point – everyone just makes it up :)

  37. red is finger
    yellow is strip

  38. ok ppl if u want 2 know wa they all mean keep reading
    Black- sexual intercourse
    Blue- lesbon sex
    Green- lick out
    Clear- what eva you want
    Orange- anol sexx
    Yellow- head
    Red: sex wid cream
    Purple- kisss
    Silver- tit wank
    White- oral sex
    Pink- flashing
    Gold glitter- get wid eachother
    Brown- toss off
    Glow in the dark- dildooos
    glittery yellow-hugging & kissing
    glittery green-69
    glittery purple-French
    glittery orange-kiss
    Indigo- Hand-job
    Clear Gold with glitter-fingering
    Clear blue-everything
    Clear Pink-Its the girls choice.
    Clear Green- All Anal
    Glow in the dark pink- female sex toys
    Glow in the dark blue- boy sex toys
    Glow in the dark green-Sex with porn.
    light blue-masturbate
    gold-suck on any part of body
    gray(silver)- lap dance
    this is the realy meaning behide shagbands

    shag bands are soo kool im getting 100 on saterday xx

  39. hay every one this had messed up my head y dont just 1 person say wat they reli mean x

  40. i have over 40 shag bands but 3 broke. a silver, blue &+ glitterч clear, but i don’t know what theч mean.. please can someing tell me the real meanings. i just hope it isn’t to dirty becouse a girl snapped the glitter clear one #

  41. i remember having to get off with my boyfriend coz he snapped my shagg band lmao,
    i NEVA wanna get a black,

    and what happens if yuu snap your own shagg band? x

    love poppy
    x

  42. yoooooo i just got some from river island 2.99 for 8 lol but there a rip off

  43. me and my mate are PC hotties we both share are shag tags but…. PC1 i have 150 shag tags but 31 got snapped and most were black and indigo i did it on purpose me and my boyF (JAMES & mcally thier twins) got busy all nite every nite were busy 2nite…PC2 i had 135 but my boyF (jorden) broke most of them soo like PC1 i was also busy most of the colours were clear blue and red i let him choose…LETS GET KINKI!!!!!!!XXXXXX:>

  44. they dont mean nuthing its all diffrent because eveyone says tht they r diffrent so u dnt know wat they really mean cuz theres loads of ppl…

  45. i think tht wht somebody touches a bottle of fanta u have to shagg somebody tht wht i have hird i dont no who invented it but its like the shag bands but oits not i dont see the pont in them all it is coloured bands tht means nuthing wht so ever
    but all of the shag bands was oh yea lets make tings up for wht they mean cant somebody plz tell me wht they are properly not all differnt ones im comfused like hell on this

  46. Mhm yes, I also have shag bands,I wear one on each wrist, the colours I wear are black+orange and black+green, im not symbolising I want to “do it” with anybody, and to be honest, why would you want to have oral, or have “it” it’s quite pathetic really, I mean I’d rather “do it” with my boyfriend who I can trust, if I’ve been with him a while that is, at the moment, Im currently single. LOL. boys I tell you? just cos you look emo there like “STAY AWAY YOU EMO FREAK, GO SLIT YOUR WRISTS” it really annoys me, does it annoy you? and all these girls who are obssessed with “emo” guys, I mean come’on, just cos their “fit” or “hot” dosn’t mean you know what there like, why am I rambling on about this? BACK to the shagbands!
    yes, so anyways, you know people like link them all together on one wrist.. any ideas how I can do that? I was showed how too once, but then it just blanked me. :D
    and before you ASK my age, and why I seem so “imature” im twelve, thirteen in feb. (:
    So, don’t go yelling trying to act hard cos of my quote. (:
    ye, so anyways, tell me how I can link quite a few shagbands onto one wrist pls, much appreciated, becky.
    (: and some pointers for girls who don’t know about “emo” guys.
    We are emotional, and for one, any guy who came upto me and said “will you go out with me” my reaction would be. “No” I like to know my guys first(: and the whole “doing it” thing, I’ll wait til’ I’m older. >:]
    thanks.
    Tata!

  47. at poundworld theres about 40 for a pound!

  48. i have them but sometimes i cnt be assed to put em on so i wear em as rings XD i think they just look good but if you go for all that shag- sex thing hear ya go

    the only ones i know

    black-sex
    green-snog
    blue-honk… well i dunno blue
    pink-hikki
    purple- a peck
    silver-lapper

  49. Black- sexual intercourse
    Blue- lesbon sex
    Green- lick out
    Clear- what eva you want
    Orange- anol sexx
    Yellow- head
    Red: sex wid cream
    Purple- kisss
    Silver- tit wank
    White- oral sex
    Pink- flashing
    Gold glitter- get wid eachother
    Brown- toss off
    Glow in the dark- dildooos
    glittery yellow-hugging & kissing
    glittery green-69
    glittery purple-French
    glittery orange-kiss
    Indigo- Hand-job
    Clear Gold with glitter-fingering
    Clear blue-everything
    Clear Pink-Its the girls choice.
    Clear Green- All Anal
    Glow in the dark pink- female sex toys
    Glow in the dark blue- boy sex toys
    Glow in the dark green-Sex with porn.
    light blue-masturbate
    gold-suck on any part of body
    gray(silver)- lap dance

  50. were can u get them dirt cheap in liverpool

  51. shag bands are crap no one nows what they mean really because if have herd so much gossip about them it just gets on my nerves so dont buy them ppl

  52. I fink shag bands are gr8 I’ve got 6000 I’ve. Got every colour 49 times

  53. Everywon in ma class wears em i wont sum but dont u think that yor parents will go bizerk if they find out and read the label i know they r gud.
    SHAG BANDS ROCK!!!!
    GO SHAG BANDS!!!!!
    WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

    please reply

  54. they rock

  55. How do u join them up!!!

    Dont u think they are crap

    really crap

  56. Purple is lovebite.

  57. PPL AT MY SKOOL R WEARING THEM N THERE ONLY LIKE 11. FAIR ENOUGH IF TEENAGERS WANNA WEAR EM BUT ITZ SICKO WITH PPL MY AGE WHICH IS 11 WEARING EM..I LIVE DURHAM N THEY R GETTING WELL POPULAR THERE.

  58. Wot Does Green And Pink Mean ?

  59. Hello Wot Does The Coulor Green And Pink Mean ?

  60. Heyy Medz where did uu get uur 24 for £1 ?
    I only have a blue and yellow that i was given and niether have been broken yet lol !
    Need more !!!!
    x

  61. Purple Means SEX and snog please break purple shag bands cos i have one, hahaaaa :)

  62. ive got tonne sof shag bands no1 rly knows what they mean coz evry1 say summint different me and my mates kept snappin yellow ones which mean hug and about 20 of us stood in the middle of the field havin thins massive hug!! lmao it was sooo funny buy them people if uu live in peterborough then go to town to the pound or more shop (the yellow shop not blue)and uu get 40 for £1 im goin town soon buyin 3 packs alrdy got one too everybody gets them convoskated but me so i wear bare loads!! ;) x

  63. hello i dont hardly have eny wer do u get them cheap iv only got one i was given nither broken.

  64. IT IS MY BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  65. shag bands are also known as jelly bands

  66. i think that they r all right but i hate the meanings they r just stupid even if i hav 73 i think that we shouldnt listen to the meanings because i have a friend who just likes to brake them but it dont count if they dont suck it but i got 1 of my owne and snapped for a zip on my pencil case but does it count if u snap 1 of your owne?

  67. if people wear shag bands it DOESNT MEAN THEYVE DONE IT. you only do it if they get broken and not many people take them seriously anyway so DONT GET SO UPSET ABOUT IT!!! it’s only a game guys… the meanings change from place to place where i’m from it’s:
    black – shag
    white – flash
    yellow – hug
    green – fingering or handjob
    blue – blowjob or licked out
    pink – lovebite
    red – kiss
    purple – rainbow kiss
    glittery – double whatever it would have meant plain
    clear – whatever you want it to mean
    but mainly people change them depending on who snaps it xD the only ones that saty definite are green, yellow and black hehe xD

  68. i love shag bands im gunnah get them this sataday cournt wait LOL!

  69. i luuv shag bands,

    Black- sexual intercourse
    Blue- lesbon sex
    Green- lick out
    Clear- what eva you want
    Orange- anol sexx
    Yellow- head
    Red: sex wid cream
    Purple- kisss
    Silver- tit wank
    White- flash
    Pink- flashing
    Gold glitter- get wid eachother
    Brown- toss off
    Glow in the dark- dildooos
    glittery yellow-hugging & kissing
    glittery green-69
    glittery purple-French
    glittery orange-kiss
    Indigo- Hand-job
    Gold with glitter-fingering
    blue-everything
    Pink-flash.
    Green- All Anal
    Glow in the dark pink- female sex toys
    Glow in the dark blue- boy sex toys
    Glow in the dark green-Sex with porn.
    light blue-masturbate
    gold-suck on any part of body
    gray(silver)- lap dance

    I wear them all the time :) lol. 11 boys have snapped my pink and white ones so I had to flash to them (actually the boys showed their mates, one of them held my arms while the boy lifted my top up. It wasn’t nice cos everyone was gatthering around me.) I should have probably taken them off but I had this bet wih a girl so I couldn’t!

  70. what do glittery pink shag bands mean anyone? :P x x

  71. i think shag dands r the best and i no that

    black is sex
    pink is flash
    orange is anol sex
    glittery blue is masterbate ur boyf/girlf
    blue is in the water
    green is on the grass
    purple is kiss
    gold is all above
    they r the only ones i no off by heart

  72. i love shagies there great but i say do not break them i have broke loads thats not to be proud of trust me

  73. In myschool they callthem shag bandsand …say if you wore one and someone snapped one ud av to shag them

  74. i absolutelyy fukin love shagbands thier the fukn bomb and if ppl think thre emo then they must be fukin mongles !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  75. god there are loads of meanings
    and most people only get them to be in the trend

  76. hey i no u ol think ur rite but most of u change in wat eva place u live in cus most of u said that orenge is anol sexx but wer i live it is snog :) xx

  77. Shagbands rules!!!!!!!!!! I have the meanings right here…
    Yellow-Hug
    Pink-Hickey
    Orange-Kiss
    Purple-Kiss/Sex
    Red-Lap Dance
    Green-Oral Sex(girl)
    Blue-Oral sex(boy)
    Clear-What ever the snapper wants
    Black-Intercorse
    Glittery Yellow-Hug & Kiss
    Glittery Pink-Flash
    Glittery Purple-French Kiss
    Glittery Blue-Anal Sex
    Glittery Green-69
    Glittery Clear-Feel Up
    Glittery Orange-Kiss
    Camo-what ever as long as in the forest
    Gold-Guy Chooses
    Silver/Gray-Girl Chooses

  78. you guys are to young i bet oyur all 9 i have some but dont snap others thats just wierd

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