WYISWG /wiziwig
WYISWG
/wiziwig/
We create new words
all the time. We have to do this in order that may express new ideas. Perhaps
the strangest word which has come into the English language recently is
'wysiwyg'. I was so puzzled by this word I kept asking people what it meant,
but no one knew. Last week I found it in a dictionary. It is not as peculiar as
I had thought. It comes from computers. This is what it means, in case you want
to know: “What You See Is What You Get”. This means that what you see on your
screen is what you get when you print. Now I discover that everyone knows this
word. The other day I was in my favorite restaurant and ordered sausages. They
were such small sausages I complained to the waitress. She just smiled at me
and whispered, 'Wysiwyg!'
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