What with
Taking into consideration, because of, as in What with all you have to carry, we should take a taxi. This usage replaced the earlier what for. [ c. 1600 ]
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[hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch-] /ˈʰwʌtʃ ə məˌkɔl ɪt, ˈʰwɒtʃ-, ˈwʌtʃ-, ˈwɒtʃ-/ noun 1. whachamacallit. whachamacallit or whatchamacallit, what-you-may-call-it, what-do-you-call-it [hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch-] /ˈʰwʌtʃ ə məˌkɔl ɪt, ˈʰwɒtʃ-, ˈwʌtʃ-, ˈwɒtʃ-/ noun, Informal. 1. an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall. what the hell waffle-iron
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jargon (WYSIAYG) /wiz’ee-ayg/ Describes a user interface under which “What You See Is *All* You Get”; an unhappy variant of WYSIWYG. Visual, “point-and-drool interfaces” are easy to learn but often lack depth; they often frustrate advanced users who would be better served by a command-style interface. When this happens, the frustrated user has a WYSIAYG […]
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what the Sam Hill jargon (WYSIWYG) /wiz’ee-wig/ Describes a user interface for a document preparation system under which changes are represented by displaying a more-or-less accurate image of the way the document will finally appear, e.g. when printed. This is in contrast to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate […]
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whatzis what goes around comes around
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adverb, pronoun, conjunction, noun 1. a Scot word for where