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Chemical elements
[edit]shouldn't this article contain a paragraph about Chemical elements placeholder names (e.g. ununseptium before being assigned the name Tennessine)? I should say yes.(talk) 17:03, 01 March 2017 (UTC)
- Don't forget unobtainium! Msramming (talk) 03:43, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
troll
[edit]in the computing section, a the word troll is used to imply someone who knows little about computing or the hacker lifestyle. Troll has come to mean someone being purposefully ignorant or inflammatory for amusement. Furthermore, the citation used never mentions 'troll' at all, and, elsewhere in the document (the Jargon File), the more modern definition of trolls as internet jerks appears. I intend to change the phrasing to "J. Random Luser"; a somewhat antiquated but far more accurate portmanteau of "Loser" and "User".
'Flibbertigibbet'
[edit]Is 'flibbertigibbet' used as a placeholder for any loose woman?
Point A and point B?
[edit]Should point A and point B qualify as placeholder names? Here is an example from the Wikipedia transport lede paragraph: In other words, the action of transport is defined as a particular movement of an organism or thing from a point A to a Point B. I'm having trouble easily finding a reference. M.boli (talk) 01:32, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
GOMER
[edit]- GOMER (Get Out of My Emergency Room) is a name in medical slang for any patient who continually uses emergency room services for non-emergency conditions; its use is informal and pejorative.
But is it used as a placeholder? —Tamfang (talk) 03:54, 23 October 2023 (UTC)