# WAG???

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/478>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 22, 1999, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/478 "1999-09-22T15:19:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Misanthrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Misanthrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misanthrope)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/478/1 "1999-09-22T15:19:00Z")

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What does this abbreviation mean?

* * *

D’oh

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**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/478/2 "1999-09-22T15:40:00Z")

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Wild  
Ass  
Guess

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**Author:** ![E1skeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@E1skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E1skeptic)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/478/3 "1999-09-22T18:23:00Z")

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Check this thread out [acronyms](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000096.html)

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 1999, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/478/4 "1999-09-23T19:16:00Z")

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According my USNET directory it was  
W What  
A A  
G Great  
S Story

And later corrupted

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**Author:** ![DW3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@DW3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DW3)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 1999, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/478/5 "1999-09-24T20:41:00Z")

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I found this website today. I realize there are other ones that are more comprehensive but this one is nicely laid out.

[http://www.netlingo.com](http://www.netlingo.com)