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submitted 8 months ago by Maven@piefed.zip to c/justpost@lemmy.world

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

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[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 24 points 8 months ago

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 8 months ago

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

[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Did she pacifically say that?

[-] alexc@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago
[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Whatever it is, it's oceanic.

[-] krellor@fedia.io 6 points 8 months ago

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

[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago
[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

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

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