"Joe Bloggs" or "Fred Bloggs" are placeholder names used primarily in the United Kingdom[citation needed] to represent an average man.
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]
See also
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edit- ^ 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.