# Wag ????

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/232232>\
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**Created:** [March 3, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/232232 "2004-03-03T03:23:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/232232/1 "2004-03-03T03:23:01Z")

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Am I the only one who doesnt get what WAG means??

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/232232/2 "2004-03-03T03:35:47Z")

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Wild ass guess.

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/232232/3 "2004-03-03T05:19:33Z")

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Can also mean Wager A Guess.

OK my turn: can someone tell me what “whooshed” means?

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/232232/4 "2004-03-03T05:32:22Z")

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“whoosh” is the sound of something flying over your head.

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**Author:** ![Idaho\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba9def/32.png) [@Idaho\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idaho_Red)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/232232/5 "2004-03-10T06:20:25Z")

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> [@Ringo](#):
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> Wild ass guess.

When I was in the Army, we also used “SWAG” for _Scientific_ WAG. 😉