The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

A sentence used by technicians to test keyboards on computers, due to the fact that it uses all letters in the alphabet.

Client: OMG!! MY keyboard broke!!!
Technician: Calm yourself. Let me check:
*Types* The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Client: Oh, thank god!!!

by RackyRacer July 10, 2016

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

A sentence that contains every word in the alphabet. When selecting a font in Windows, Microsoft uses it so you can see every example of a letter being used instead of using ABCDEFG... they use The quick brown fox jumpes over the lazy dog.

I'm going to check out a new font I installed on Windows. "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". Oh, that's how the font looks like on each letter.

by rafflez March 9, 2010

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

This word uses all of the letters in the English alphabet. It is also a stereotypical word between foxes and dogs

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is an English-language pangram—a sentence that contains all of the letters of the alphabet. It is commonly used for touch-typing practice, testing typewriters and computer keyboards, displaying examples of fonts, and other applications involving text where the use of all letters in the alphabet is desired. Owing to its brevity and coherence, it has become widely known.

by Windows 10 in purple mode October 24, 2019

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

A phrase that makes losing a game of hangman impossible when playing with one guesser. This is due to the usage of every letter in the English alphabet.

Person 1: Hey, you up for a game of Hangman?
Person 2: Definitely!
Person 1: Ok, the category is...
Person 2: seriously? You’re mistaking Hangman with Wheel of Fortune. No hints.
Person 1: Fine. It’s not like you can possibly lose anyway.
Person 2: I hate you. It’s “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,” isn’t it?
Person 1: How...?
Person 2: I’m a computer geek. I use it to make sure my keyboard is working because it contains every letter of the alphabet. And the only thing that makes it impossible to lose at hangman is if you have a phrase that has 18 letters out of the 26 in the alphabet in the least. Eliminating mistakes completely is a low blow.

by Arael, Nature Incarnate September 25, 2019

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

a sentance with every letter in the english lexicon typically used to test typewritters or keyboards to test if all letters work

Customer: "my keyboard doesnt work"
technician:the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
technician: you lied

by why is everything being used April 12, 2022

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

A sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet, also called a pangram

Let’s see what each letter of “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” looks like with every font that’s installed on my Windows PC.

by bluestinger66 February 14, 2023

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

A pangram sentence meaning a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet.

There literally isn't one, neither Billy Bob or Mary Beth can use it in a sentence. Although I have to include so, The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I apologize.

by Mary Beth and Bobby boys #55th January 27, 2025