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My boss just said "take a swag at it" (piefed.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Maven@piefed.zip to c/justpost@lemmy.world

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She said it twice and I was so thrown i couldnt pay attention.

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's an older slang but it still checks out. Swag

I haven't heard it used that way in a while though

[–] humiddragonslayer@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Came for the silly boomer phrase, stayed for the boomer phrase redemption

[–] krellor@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago

Was she asking for an estimate? Scientific/Sophisticated Wild Ass Guess (SWAG) is pretty common in project management, government, and some corporate environments.

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did she pacifically say that?

[–] alexc@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or just atlantically

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't forget it could also have been the Indian Ocean or the Arctic Ocean or the Antarctic.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Whatever it is, it's oceanic.

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

No hat

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's an overloaded term. Both came from IT.