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  2. List of placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of placeholder names (words that can refer to things, persons, places, numbers and other concepts whose names are temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, unknown or being deliberately withheld in the context in which they are being discussed) in various languages.

  3. Placeholder name - Wikipedia

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    Placeholder name on a website. Placeholder names are intentionally overly generic and ambiguous terms referring to things, places, or people, the names of which or of whom do not actually exist; are temporarily forgotten, or are unimportant; or in order to avoid stigmatization, or because they are unknowable or unpredictable given the context of their discussion; or to deliberately expunge ...

  4. Category:Placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Placeholder names" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  5. List of terms referring to an average person - Wikipedia

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    Ivanov, being derived from the most common first name, is a placeholder for an arbitrary person. In its plural form, "Ivanovs", it may be used as a placeholder for a group of people. [ 60 ] There is a military joke: The sergeant asks the rookies: "Your surnames!"

  6. Grammar Guy: Placeholder names for every Tom, Dick and Harry

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  7. Talk:List of placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    In the Hebrew section, the is a paragraph about the use of ראובן [clarification needed] and שמעון [clarification needed] as placeholder names primarily in the Talmud and responsa, (sort of as an equivalent to Alice and Bob in cryptography, where a sequence of actions or relationship between two people is dicussed,) but I couldn't ...

  8. Placeholder - Wikipedia

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    Placeholder name, a term or terms referring to something or somebody whose name is not known or, in that particular context, is not significant or relevant. Filler text, text generated to fill space or provide unremarkable and/or standardised text. Lorem ipsum, a standard Latin text most commonly used to demonstrate a font, typography or layout.

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