Joe Average

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Joe Average (plural Joe Averages)

(idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man (or person, by extension).
Write the instructions so that any Joe Average can understand them.

Synonyms

Translations

hypothetical average or generic individual

Chinese:
Cantonese: 普通人 (pou² tung¹ jan⁴)

Hokkien: 普通人 (phó͘-thong-lâng)

Mandarin: 普通人 (zh) (pǔtōngrén)
Dutch: Jan Modaal m, Jan met de pet m
Finnish: Pihtiputaan mummo (fi), Matti Meikäläinen (fi)
French: Français moyen (fr) m
German: Ottonormalverbraucher (de) m
Irish: Seán Ó Rudaí m, Mac Uí Rudaí m
Italian: Pinco Pallino m
Japanese: 普通人 (ja) (ふつうじん, futsū jin), 山田太郎 (Yamada Tarō)
Lithuanian: Vardenis Pavardenis m
Polish: Jan Kowalski (pl) m
Portuguese: Jão (pt) m
Spanish: Juan Pérez m
Swedish: medelsvensson (sv) c, medelmåtta (sv) c

See also

Anagrams

average Joe, average joe

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