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A historical placeholder for a personal name used in legal documents and prayers is "имярек " ("imyarek"), derived from the archaic expression "imya rek" meaning "having said the name". The word entered into a common parlance as well.
Placeholder names are intentionally overly generic and ambiguous terms referring to things, places, or people, the names of which or of whom do not actually exist; are temporarily forgotten, or are unimportant; or in order to avoid stigmatization, or because they are unknowable or unpredictable given the context of their discussion; or to ...
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Mentioning that "Teil" has acquired a specific meaning in certain contexts seems rather vague/useless. I guess the specific meaning that is hinted at here is "ein Teil" for "a pill of exctasy", which would tie in nicely with "Zeuch" being a generic placeholder name for any kind of drug. Pulverzicke 16:39, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
This is a relatively new phenomenon that was unknown in the early 20th century. Ivanov, being derived from the most common first name, is a placeholder for an arbitrary person. In its plural form, "Ivanovs", it may be used as a placeholder for a group of people. [59] There is a military joke: The sergeant asks the rookies: "Your surnames!"
1. Ladyfingers, Heels of Bread, and Other Body Parts in Food. There is a stunning amount of food with human body part terminology. Heels of bread, ears of corn, heads of lettuce, toes of garlic ...
For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively. Additional usage ...