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Fritinancy (nancyfriedman.typepad.com):
… (first published in 1960 and now in its third edition), whose original editors connected it to gin, as in cotton gin. Kadigans are used in virtually every language. For some fascinating word lists, seethis Wikipedia article, which also includes this helpful clarification: Even among the world of otherwise nameless things referred to by placeholder names, there is a hierarchy of specificity. "Thing", as its name implies, is universally applicable. It is likely, …

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… Primates of the world, unite! Support Comrade Stalin's visionary plan to "create human-ape hybrids that could mindlessly build cities at terrifying speeds". Just finished reading this fascinating Wikipedia article aboutplaceholder names(like "whatchamacallit" or "widget"). Among other things, I learned that the German equivalent of "John Doe" is "Max Mustermann". (As seen on Kottke.) I'll be the first to admit that women, including women in pre-industrial societies, don't have it …

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kottke.org :: home of fine hypertext products (www.kottke.org):
… A fantastic example of my favorite kind of Wikipedia entry:placeholder name. Placeholder names are words that can refer to objects or people whose names are either irrelevant or unknown in the context in which it is being discussed. Whatchamacallit, junk, widget, gizmo, Joe Blow, shitload, Podunk, and beer o'clock are all …