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

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  6. 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. [ 59 ] There is a military joke: The sergeant asks the rookies: "Your surnames!"

  7. Foobar - Wikipedia

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    Foobar being used to show transclusion. The terms foobar (/ ˈ f uː b ɑːr /), foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, [1] and others are used as metasyntactic variables and placeholder names in computer programming or computer-related documentation. [2]

  8. Category:Collective pseudonyms - Wikipedia

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    Placeholder names (63 P) S. Science fiction shared pseudonyms (12 P) Pages in category "Collective pseudonyms" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of ...

  9. Talk:Placeholder name - Wikipedia

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