Full Definition of SWAG. 1. : sway 1. 2. a: something (as a decoration) hanging in a curve between two points: festoon b: a suspended cluster (as of evergreen branches). 3. a: goods acquired by unlawful means: loot b: spoils, profits.
Both aloof and sensual, Kim Novak was cast by Hitchcock in Vertigo after original actress, Vera Miles, left due to pregnancy. Novak played the dual role of Judy Barton/Madeleine Elster, who becomes the sole obsession of acrophobic police detective John Scottie Ferguson (Stewart).
While there are many causes of vertigo, BPPV is the term that is used for vertigo that comes and goes (paroxysmal), without a specific associated illness (benign). It is often a frustrating situation for patients because the episodes are frightening and difficult to predict.