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(Redirected from Bloggs) Placeholder name used in the UK For the American sports journalist with the pseudonym "Joe Blogs", see Joe Posnanski.
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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 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.

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References

  1. Last name: Blogg, The Internet Surname Database
  2. "SAT Test Prep — The Princeton Review". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. Weir, Laura (10 March 2008). "Joe Bloggs". Drapers. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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