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7 hours ago, UglyBob said:

My father was a regular practitioner of what he called WAG Factor Engineering. it stood for "Wild Ass Guess."

There are WAGs and then there are SWAGs.  We know the former, but the latter are Scientific Wild Assed Guesses where one has eliminated some of the lesser probabilities before committing to a WAG.

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7 hours ago, Philander Seabury said:

I love the word guesstimation. :D

 

But I am not sure if you spell it like above or guestimation. I guess I will utfg now!

Well shit, looks like two esses!  My guesstimate was 1!  And of course Wikipedia has an article. Wikipedia is cliff clavins dream owl bet!  :D I love this shit!  
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guesstimate

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