# Alright, out with it!  What is "WAG"?!?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-out-with-it-what-is-wag/55399>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 22, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-out-with-it-what-is-wag/55399 "2001-02-22T00:53:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-out-with-it-what-is-wag/55399/1 "2001-02-22T00:53:59Z")

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Let me have it…

I’ve figured out IMHO, IIRC, FWIW…even TTTT!

But what in Sam Hell is “ **WAG** ”?!?

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**Author:** ![Yarster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-out-with-it-what-is-wag/55399/2 "2001-02-22T00:57:40Z")

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That would be “Wild Ass Guess” as opposed to a SWAG which is a “Super Wild Ass Guess”

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**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-out-with-it-what-is-wag/55399/3 "2001-02-22T00:59:03Z")

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WAG= Wild ass guess

SWAG= Scientific wild ass guess

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**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-out-with-it-what-is-wag/55399/4 "2001-02-22T01:09:07Z")

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Ok, I was guessing along those lines…pun _not_ intended.

I kept wanting to think “Well **E** ducated Guess”…but for some reason a small part of my brain didn’t want me to think that…

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**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-out-with-it-what-is-wag/55399/5 "2001-02-22T01:14:31Z")

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So, are there any others I should know of before we continue? 😃

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**Author:** ![Anachronism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Anachronism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anachronism)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-out-with-it-what-is-wag/55399/6 "2001-02-22T01:21:35Z")

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Here, before this thread is locked  
[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tajwileb/abbreviations.html](http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tajwileb/abbreviations.html)

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**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-out-with-it-what-is-wag/55399/7 "2001-02-22T01:48:05Z")

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Thank you!

Mods, take her away!

_salutes the thread_