Joe Bloggs

Canadian military slang for a generic, nameless soldier — the armed forces equivalent of John Doe. When instructors, officers, or manual writers need a placeholder name for an example scenario, "Bloggins" steps in. It's a bit like "Joe Bloggs" in British civilian usage, carrying a sense of the average, unremarkable, everyman recruit who gets assigned the dullest duties or used as the subject of a training scenario. The name implies no individual identity — just whoever happens to be standing there.

Of an individual, hypothetical average or generic.

An American expression for the average, ordinary, unremarkable member of the public — the archetypal everyman who goes about daily life without fame, power, or particular distinction. Johnny Citizen is used in discussions about policy, media, or public life to personify how laws and decisions affect regular people rather than elites or institutions. The term is somewhat dated and carries a mid-century American flavour, but it still appears in commentary that wants to humanise broad social forces by putting a name to the crowd.

(US, informal, derogatory, or, humorous) The typical, everyday person who does not have any special status, frequently in contrast to some group.