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"Joe Bloggs" or "Fred Bloggs" are placeholder names used primarily in the United Kingdom to represent the average man on the street.
The surnames Blogg/Bloggs/Bloke, is believed to have been derived from the East Anglian region of Britain, Norfolk or Suffolk, deriving from bloc, "pale, fair, shining".
In the UK, a "bloke" represents the average man on the street.
In The Princeton Review standardised test preparation courses, "Joe Bloggs" represents the average test-taker, and students are trained to identify the "Joe Bloggs answer", or the choice which seems right but may be misleading on harder questions.
"Joe Bloggs" was a brand name for a clothing range, especially baggy jeans, which was closely associated with the Madchester scene of the 1990s.
See also
List of placeholder names
Blogg
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- House Of Truntum
- Joe Bloggs
- John Q. Public
- John Doe
- Joe Shmoe
- Baggy
- Madchester
- Everyman
- Tom, Dick and Harry
- Mrs. Watanabe
- Procuration