i don't know that I would call it a "swagger" exactly (will have to look that up) but the original description is perfect- like she has a dirty diaper on! she walks with both hind legs apart as if she is avoiding letting them touch, and as she is quite, uh, not hefty back there, but full figured as one watches her walk away, it's easy to imagine a full diaper hanging off of her! I'm still a bit leary of her but mostly over it- it's Mewset that makes me jumpy now! (At QSL's house). Are there any studies about Tortie cats cuz it sure does seem that there is a special fiestiness amongst them but maybe cat lovers around the world have created it by focusing on the torties as being mean (like orange cats are especially easy going?)