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I asked for an explanation of SWAG -- and boy, did I get answers!
Sheer Wild Assed Guess
Scientific Wild Ass Guess
Silly Wild-Assed Guess
Someone's Wild-A-- guess (accompanied by: To swag an estimate is to make a
guess based on absolutely no verifiable data whatsoever)
Sophisticated Wild Assed Guess