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What is your least favourite acronym?
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WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
It is fun to say, though. wizywig
I am hearing it as a wizzy wig
That's how people say it
Is that when Rincewind gone bald - Wizzard's wig?
This one never really made sense to me. Like, yes, that's what a screen is for?
It's in contrast to something like LaTex or markdown, where you edit the syntax for formatting directly and don't see the final result until you preview or save it.
Ahh yeah that's a good point!
Then there's the less talked about sibling, WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean). These attempt to reduce bloat in output by being more abstract in what they manipulate instead of promising pixel-perfect results.