Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs
Noun. A fictitious name for the average or unknown person. Informal

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • Joe Bloggs — The names Joe Bloggs and Fred Bloggs are a commonly used placeholder name in United Kingdom teaching, programming, and other thinking and writing. The surname Bloggs on its own is sometimes used in the same way. Fred alone can be a programming… …   Wikipedia

  • Joe Bloggs — n. Brit. colloq. a hypothetical average man. * * * noun a hypothetical average man • Syn: ↑John Doe, ↑Joe Blow, ↑man in the street • Hypernyms: ↑commoner, ↑common man, ↑common person * * * Joe …   Useful english dictionary

  • Joe Bloggs — (AmE Joe Blow, Joe Schmo) (infml) a name used to refer to an average or typical man: Joe Bloggs is generally more interested in sport than in politics Compare John Q Public. * * * …   Universalium

  • Joe Bloggs — British & Australian an ordinary person. There s no point asking your average Joe Bloggs what he thinks about opera …   New idioms dictionary

  • Joe Bloggs — (N. Amer. Joe Blow) noun Brit. informal a name used to represent the average man …   English new terms dictionary

  • Joe Bloggs — BrE Joe Blow/Schmo, AmE noun spoken (singular) the ordinary average person …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Joe Bloggs — noun a personification of the general public, or of an average ordinary person …   Wiktionary

  • Joe Bloggs — average citizen …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • Joe Bloggs — Australian Slang average citizen …   English dialects glossary

  • joe bloggs — Australian English The average citizen …   English dialects glossary

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