Definitions for what you see is what you get
what you see is what you get

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1. what you see is what you getproverb

   The image corresponds to the reality.

2. what you see is what you getproverb

   The screen image resembles the printed output.

3. Etymology: Originally a humorous allusion to a catchphrase popularized by comedian Flip Wilson on US TV in the 1960s.

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1. What You See Is What You Get

   In computing, WYSIWYG ( WIZ-ee-wig), an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, is a system in which editing software allows content to be edited in a form that resembles its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, such as a printed document, web page, or slide presentation. WYSIWYG implies a user interface that allows the user to view something very similar to the end result while the document is being created. In general, WYSIWYG implies the ability to directly manipulate the layout of a document without having to type or remember names of layout commands.

How to pronounce what you see is what you get?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say what you see is what you get in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of what you see is what you get in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of what you see is what you get in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of what you see is what you get in a Sentence

1. Mark Burns:

   He is appealing to evangelicals across the board because he (is) authentic and what you see is what you get, millions of Americans are angry and frustrated with politicians, especially those who come to South Carolina and they know the song and dance and they’re saying they are one of us and when they go back to Washington they are voting for legal abortions and same-sex marriage.

2. Daniel Cusimano:

   I was just like, baby, I'm going to keep doing me, whether you like me, whether you don't… what you see is what you get and point-blank with a period. So that's really my biggest takeaway from the show.

3. Flip Wilson:

   What you see is what you get

4. Anthony Albanese:

   What you see is what you get with me, for better or worse, i am a bit rough at the edges, but I think that Australians don't want someone who just utters talking points.

5. John Franco:

   What you see is what you get. What you see is what you've always got, we used to call this Bernie Sanders in the 1970s standard speech -- we call it the' yellow legal pad speech' because Bernie Sanders in the 1970s would write it on a yellow legal pad and Bernie Sanders in the 1970s would give, it would be the same goddamn speech Bernie Sanders in the 1970s'd given 400 times in the past !

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/What_You_See_is_What_You_Get
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_You_See_is_What_You_Get