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    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...
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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...
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  • Look up placeholder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Placeholder may refer to: Placeholder name, a term or terms referring to something or somebody...
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  • Joe's Diner is a placeholder name for a fictional or hypothetical everyman's restaurant. Although there are franchises that use the name, its rhetorical...
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    identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a specific individual human. The name of a specific entity...
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  • A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required...
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  • "Camptown Races" Doo Dah Parade, held in Pasadena, California, US a placeholder name for an object, also doodad and doohickey Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"...
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    Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Polish culture, Jan Kowalski is a placeholder name for an average Polish person, the meaning being similar to "Average...
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    following is a list of symbols and names formerly used or suggested for elements, including symbols for placeholder names and names given by discredited claimants...
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    Pseudonym (redirect from Fictitious name)
    person Nickname Nym server Nymwars Onion routing Penet.fi Placeholder name Placeholder names in cryptography Pseudepigrapha Pseudonymization Pseudonymous...
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    Foobar (category Placeholder names)
    metasyntactic variables and placeholder names in computer programming or computer-related documentation. They have been used to name entities such as variables...
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  • Widget (economics) (category Placeholder names)
    up widget in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word widget is a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured...
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  • was used in the early twentieth century U.S. as a placeholder name to refer to things whose names were forgotten or unknown. In this usage, it was synonymous...
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    A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well...
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    John Doe (category Placeholder names)
    and Jane Doe (female) are multiple-use placeholder names that are used in the United States when the true name of a person is unknown or is being intentionally...
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  • Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no Shimei, Nihonjin no Seimei, Nihonjin no Namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed...
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    family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to...
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    ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered...
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  • A. N. Other (category Placeholder names)
    A. N. Other is used as a placeholder name or, less commonly, a pseudonym used by a person wishing to remain anonymous. It is most used in the United Kingdom...
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  • also hypocoristic), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as Izzy for Isabel...
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  • generic name in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Generic name may refer to: Generic name (biology), the name of a biological genus Placeholder name, words...
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  • Kira kira name (キラキラネーム, kira kira nēmu, lit. 'sparkling name') is a term for a modern Japanese given name that has an atypical pronunciation or meaning...
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    A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek prósōpon – person, and onoma –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or...
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    biblical narrative, as in the case of Nabal, a foolish man whose name means "fool". Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations, or...
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  • Joe Bloggs (category Placeholder names)
    "Joe Bloggs", "Fred Bloggs" and "Bill Taylor" are placeholder names used primarily in the United Kingdom to represent the average man on the street. It...
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  • bottles of beer to aid in the generation of froth Widget (economics), a placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product...
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  • Nickname (redirect from Nick-name)
    nickname or nick, also known as a sobriquet, is a substitute for the proper name of a person, place or thing. It is commonly used to express affection, amusement...
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  • Appendix:Ghanaian given names in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ghanaian names (or personal names in Ghana) consist of several given names and surnames based...
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    cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between a person's given name and surname. A middle name is often abbreviated...
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  • Epithet (redirect from Use name)
    term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally...
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