# What does WAG mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 7, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-mean/315983 "2005-08-07T12:01:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-mean/315983/1 "2005-08-07T12:01:27Z")
I know this is a rookie question, but I don’t know. What does **WAG** stand for? I’m thinking “Wild Assed Guess” but I am a crude man. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-mean/315983/2 "2005-08-07T12:02:59Z")
> [@hlanelee](#): > > I know this is a rookie question, but I don’t know. What does **WAG** stand for? > I’m thinking “Wild Assed Guess” but I am a crude man. Pretty much, AFAIK. (as far as I know.) It’s listed on the glossary of terms sticky on ‘about this message board.’ (Personally I always read it as ‘wild-ass guess’, but that’s a minor distinction.) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-mean/315983/3 "2005-08-07T12:03:23Z")
Wild Ass (or Assed) Guess is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-mean/315983/4 "2005-08-07T12:49:28Z")
A handy website for this abbreviated world of ours: [http://www.acronymfinder.com/](http://www.acronymfinder.com/) ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-mean/315983/5 "2005-08-07T14:40:13Z")
> [@Scruloose](#): > > A handy website for this abbreviated world of ours: [http://www.acronymfinder.com/](http://www.acronymfinder.com/) Good website, thanks, but I couldn’t find Special High Intensity Training anywhere. That’s something that we got a lot of where I used to work. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-mean/315983/6 "2005-08-07T15:16:00Z")
Another one, on one [page](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-mean/315983/7 "2005-08-07T15:26:51Z")
A related term is SWAG, “Scientific Wild-Assed Guess,” for a guess that is based on some expertise in the subject rather than pure speculation. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Soylent\_Gene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Gene)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-mean/315983/8 "2005-08-08T04:52:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > A related term is SWAG, “Scientific Wild-Assed Guess,” for a guess that is based on some expertise in the subject rather than pure speculation. SWAG has confused me in the past because it has another meaning. It can also mean souvineers, wearables, and gifts. The Monty Python website used this term for the cool junk they sell. my personal favorite: AMF YOYO. It is not something your likely to read on the Straight Dope. adios motherfucker, your’e on your own!