AVERAGE
ADJECTIVES
1854 — MANNERLY somewhat above the average; good → Eng. dial.
1865 — FAIR TO MIDDLING about average; slightly better than average; frequently used to understate a feeling of good health → Amer. dial.
..20C — BOG STOCK average; not containing any special features → Aust. sl.
1908 — MIDDLESEX average, ordinary → Amer. dial.
1928 — MIDDLE BROW average or mediocre; middle-class
1962 — BOG STANDARD average; not containing any special features → colloq.
NOUNS
1916 — MIDDLING something of only average quality → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1593 — JOHN DOE an average or typical citizen → chiefly US
1789 — JOE an average man; a fellow; a chap
1850 — NO GREAT SHAKES an average or unimportant person → Amer. sl.
1888 — MAN-IN-THE-CARS an average or ordinary person → US
1890 — COPPERTAIL the average or ordinary person; one belonging to the lower classes of society → Aust. sl.
..20C — FRED NERK an average citizen → Aust. sl.
1908 — GEORGE SPELVIN a hypothetical average or ordinary man → chiefly US
1910 — MR. AVERAGE the average member of the public → sl.
1910 — MR. AVERAGEMAN the average member of the public → sl.
1914 — MOKUS an ‘average joe’; a working man → US sl.
1916 — MIDDLING a person of only average quality → Amer. dial.
1919 — HAM AND EGGER an average, inconsequential, or mediocre person; one who is below par, a second-rate person → US sl.
1932 — JOE CITIZEN a hypothetical average person → colloq.
1941 — JOE BLOW a hypothetical average man → US colloq.
1942 — JOE PUBLIC an average male member of the general public → sl., often mildly derogatory, orig. US theatre usage
1943 — JOE DOAKES • JOE DOKES a hypothetical average man → US colloq.
1947 — JOE SCHMO a hypothetical average or ordinary person; a person of no distinction or importance → sl., orig. US
1955 — POOR LITTLE GUY the average or ordinal person, the ‘man in the street’ → US colloq.
1966 — JOE SOAP a hypothetical average man → sl.
1969 — JOE BLOGGS a hypothetical average man → Brit. colloq.
1972 — JOE SIXPACK a hypothetical average working or blue-collar person, esp. a man → US sl.
1973 — HACKER an average, run-of-the-mill person → US sl.
1980 — THE AVERAGE BEAR an average person → US sl.
1997 — MOS an average Man On the Street → US sl.
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