Re: Do you use the term SWAG in your teaching?

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

 From Merriam-Webster link at http://www.hep.anl.gov:
Main Entry: 1swag
Pronunciation: 'swag
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): swagged; swag·ging
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse sveggja to
cause to sway; akin to Old High German swingan to swing
Date: 1530
intransitive senses
1 : SWAY, LURCH
2 : SAG
transitive senses
1 : to adorn with swags
2 : to arrange (as drapery) in swags
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Charles Bell wrote:

> Do you use the term SWAG in your teaching?
> or swag
>
> scientific wild a s s guess.
> No hurt intended.
> I was sure that this term was very standard communication.
> Like "take a swag" at it.
>
> I was challenged recently and told that I could not "say" that word anymore.
> When I looked it up and did a search on it, it does not seem to show up?
> Well, you know how I felt. So I was wondering.
> This world is a strange place.

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