faux acronym in the N.E.W.S. (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Tom Zurinskas]

for SWAG I would have thought "Simple Wild Ass Guess," such as "I'll take a swag at it."


Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
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> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:44:19 -0500
> From: Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
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> > I thought it was a euphemism for "software wild-a-- guess."
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> > Joel
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> Or more generically, "Scientific Wild Ass Guess".
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