Word of the Day 12/31/25 WYSIWYG

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WYSIWYG (adjective, noun)
WYSIWYG [wiz-ee-wig]

adjective
1. of, relating to, or noting a screen display that shows text exactly as it will appear in printed output, including underlining, various typefaces, as italics, line spacing, end-of-line breaks, and paragraph indentations.

noun
2. a WYSIWYG display: This program won't give you true WYSIWYG, but it does show boldface text and underlining.

acronym
3. what you see is what you get: referring to what is displayed on the screen being the same as what will be printed out

Origin: w(hat) y(ou) s(ee) i(s) w(hat) y(ou) g(et)

Example Sentences
The earliest Macs popularized "what you see is what you get," or WYSIWYG; formatting on the screen largely reflected how the page would look in print.
From Seattle Times

Describes a user interface under which "What You See Is All You Get"; an unhappy variant of WYSIWYG.
From Project Gutenberg

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