Joe Average
English
Noun
Joe Average (plural Joe Averages)
- (idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man (or person, by extension).
- Synonyms: average Joe, regular Joe, Joe Public, John Q. Public, man on the street, man in the street, man on the Clapham omnibus
- Near-synonyms: Joe Bloggs, Joe Sixpack, J. Random User
- Write the instructions so that any Joe Average can understand them.
Related terms
Translations
hypothetical average or generic individual
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See also
- everyman
- Jane Average, average Jane
- John Doe, Jane Doe, Richard Roe, Jane Roe
- just folks, regular folk, regular folks
- pub test
- Tom, Dick or Harry