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Just as others have pointed out that cut-and-paste was a term around a long time before this reference, so too was WYSIWYG. The Dramatics had a top popular son

Just as others have pointed out that cut-and-paste was a term around a long time before this reference, so too was WYSIWYG. The Dramatics had a top popular song in 1971[0] using the same phrase as its title (albeit spelled slightly differently). I hope we don't hear next about the computer hero who "invented" the term "desktop", or "folder". [0]https://www.discogs.com/master/185397-The-Dramatics-Whatcha-See-Is-Whatcha-Get https://www.discogs.com/master/185397-The-Dramatics-Whatcha-...

layer8 2y ago
"Cut and paste" was of course a term used with paper before computers, but arguably the computer version of it is not quite the same, because you have that hidden buffer ("clipboard") and can usually paste the same cut item multiple times. Adapting the physical-world cut-and-paste process to the computer realm can count as an invention.