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#1 2008-05-24 11:09:20

Rick Aster
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guestimate

“Guestimate” appears on the surface to be a legitimate alternate spelling, but it is clear that some people see this and understand it to mean “guest estimate” rather than the original derivation, “guess estimate.”

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#2 2008-05-27 06:33:01

AdamVero
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Re: guestimate

citation?
I always read this to mean halfway between a guess and an estimate, an educated guess if you will.
Where have you seen it with a different meaning implied?


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