Scientific Wild Ass Guess. A term used by Marine Corps when under extreme pressure and unable to waste time to calculate relative distances to targets, especially at night. A swag is a guesstimation of distances when there is no time for scientific formulaic calculations.
Soldier 1: How far those Taliban soldiers over there?
Soldier 2: I can't tell; There's no time, we'll have to make a swag.
John Smith one-shot-one-killed 16 N.V.A. soldiers in the middle of the night by swagging their relative distances.
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Bring Your Own Toilet Paper. Usually used by AP biology teachers who take their kids hiking in the mountains where toilet paper is not provided.
Mr. Siegel: Alright guys, so tomorrow we'll go hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains. There won't be any bathrooms in the middle of the hike. BYOTP.
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