English

Noun

placeholder ‎(plural placeholders)

1. Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.

   This is placeholder data, so you'll want to include the real numbers as soon as you have them.‎

   • 2013 February 14, Scott Tobias, “A Good Day To Die Hard [film review]”, in The AV Club, archived from the original on 10 March 2016:

     "I'm on vacation," [Bruce] Willis grumbles several times throughout A Good Day To Die Hard, in what counts as the film's sole running joke, a lame placeholder until he arrives at the big "yippee-ki-yay" punchline.

Alternative forms

• place holder

Synonyms

• cadigan, kadigan, kadigin
• See Wikisaurus:thingy, Wikisaurus:whatsaname

See also

• greek, greeking ‎(noun)
• lorem ipsum

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