"Nicknack" redirects here. For the James Bond character, see The Man with the Golden Gun (film).
"Cadigan" redirects here. For people with the surname, see Cadigan (surname).
"You Know Who" redirects here. For the Harry Potter character, see Lord Voldemort.
"Thingamabob" redirects here. For the American television series on H2, see ThingamaBob.
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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 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; to de-emphasize in which event the precise specification thereof is otherwise impossible, or to deliberately expunge.[1]
Placeholder names for people are often terms referring to an average person or a predicted persona of a typical user.
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Placeholdernames are intentionally overly generic and ambiguous terms referring to things, places, or people, the names of which or of whom do not actually...
This is a list of placeholdernames (words that can refer to things, persons, places, numbers and other concepts whose names are temporarily forgotten...
Look up placeholder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Placeholder may refer to: Placeholdername, a term or terms referring to something or somebody...
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...
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...
following is a list of symbols and names formerly used or suggested for elements, including symbols for placeholdernames and names given by discredited claimants...
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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...
metasyntactic variables and placeholdernames in computer programming or computer-related documentation. They have been used to name entities such as variables...
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...
generic name in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Generic name may refer to: Generic name (biology), the name of a biological genus Placeholdername, words...
Doe (female) are multiple-use placeholdernames that are used in the United States and the United Kingdom when the true name of a person is unknown or is...
A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive...
a list of terms referring to an average person. Many are used as placeholdernames. Everyman T.C. Mits Average Joe Normie Fulān (male: فلان), Fulāna...
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...
"Joe Bloggs", "Fred Bloggs" and "Bill Taylor" are placeholdernames used primarily in the United Kingdom to represent the average man on the street. It...
A Persian name, or an Iranian name, consists of a given name (Persian: نام Nâm), sometimes more than one, and a surname (نام خانوادگی). Since the Muslim...
an 11-year-old female classmate referred to as "Girl A" (a common placeholdername used for female criminals in Japan). The murder occurred on June 1...
pet names', sometimes 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...
cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between the person's first given name and their surname. A middle name is often abbreviated...
given/middle/family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout the Arabic and Muslim worlds. The ism (اسم) is the given name, first name, or...
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...
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an...
An Armenian name comprises a given name and a surname. In the Republic of Armenia, patronymics, which go between the first and last name, are also used...
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...