Joe Bloggs

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"Joe Bloggs" or "Fred Bloggs" are placeholder names used primarily in the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]} 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".^[1]

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.^[2]

"Joe Bloggs" was a brand name for a clothing range, especially baggy jeans, which was closely associated with the Madchester scene of the 1990s.^[3]

References

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

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[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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