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  2. List of placeholder names by language - Wikipedia

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    Mario Rossi is formed coupling one of the most used male first names in Italy, with one of the most frequent family names. Maria Rossi is the female equivalent. Other common placeholder names for people are Pinco Pallino and Tal dei Tali. Also, there are specific terms (from male names common in ancient Rome) for six unnamed people.

  3. Placeholder name - Wikipedia

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    GOMER ( G et O ut of M y E mergency R oom) 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. Element names from the periodic table are used in some hospitals as a placeholder for patient names, ex. Francium Male.

  4. List of pen names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or ...

  5. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    The disease is contracted by touch and slowly turns the skin (small patches in children and the entire body in adults) of the victim to into a gray, stone-like form. It is said that the disease also drives its adult victims insane. Hanahaki disease, or hanahaki byou. Hanahaki Otome (花吐き乙女) by Matsuda Naoko.

  6. Gag name - Wikipedia

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    A gag name is a pseudonym intended to be humorous through its similarity to both a real name and a term or phrase that is funny, strange, or vulgar. The source of humor stems from the double meaning behind the phrase, although use of the name without prior knowledge of the joke could also be funny. Examples of the use of gag names occur in ...

  7. False titles of nobility - Wikipedia

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    False titles of nobility. False titles of nobility or royal title scams are claimed titles of social rank that have been fabricated or assumed by an individual or family without recognition by the authorities of a country in which titles of nobility exist or once existed. They have received an increasing amount of press attention, as more ...

  8. Vsauce - Wikipedia

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    History. On April 17, 2007, Michael Stevens launched the main Vsauce channel. According to episode #18 of LÜT on the original Vsauce channel, the name "Vsauce" was generated using the fake website generator portion of a site called Fake Name Generator.

  9. Category:Masculine given names - Wikipedia

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    A. Afghan masculine given names ‎ (10 P) African masculine given names ‎ (4 C, 66 P) African-American masculine given names ‎ (3 P) Albanian masculine given names ‎ (148 P) Arabic-language masculine given names ‎ (721 P) Armenian masculine given names ‎ (94 P) Aromanian masculine given names ‎ (8 P)