AVERAGE
ADJECTIVES
► BOG STANDARD average; not containing any special features → 1962 colloq.
► BOG STOCK average; not containing any special features → 20C Aust. sl.
► FAIR TO MIDDLING about average; slightly better than average; frequently used to understate a feeling of good health → 1865 Amer. dial.
► MANNERLY somewhat above the average; good → 1854 Eng. dial.
► MIDDLE BROW average or mediocre; middle-class → 1928
► MIDDLESEX average, ordinary → 1908 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► CHROMO something above average → 1896 US students’ sl.
► MIDDLING something of only average quality → 1916 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► AVERAGE BEAR, THE an average person → 1980 US sl.
► COPPERTAIL the average or ordinary person; one belonging to the lower classes of society → 1890 Aust. sl.
► FRED NERK an average citizen → 20C Aust. sl.
► GEORGE SPELVIN a hypothetical average or ordinary man → 1908 chiefly US
► HACKER an average, run-of-the-mill person → 1973 US sl.
► HAM AND EGGER an average, inconsequential, or mediocre person; one who is below par, a second-rate person → 1919 US sl.
► JOE an average man; a fellow; a chap → 1789
► JOE BLOGGS a hypothetical average man → 1969 Brit. colloq.
► JOE BLOW a hypothetical average man → 1941 US colloq.
► JOE CITIZEN a hypothetical average person → 1932 colloq.
► JOE DOAKES ► JOE DOKES a hypothetical average man → 1943 US colloq.
► JOE PUBLIC an average male member of the general public → 1942 sl., often mildly derogatory, orig. US theatre usage
► JOE SCHMO a hypothetical average or ordinary person; a person of no distinction or importance → 1947 sl., orig. US
► JOE SIXPACK a hypothetical average working or blue-collar person, esp. a man → 1972 US sl.
► JOE SOAP a hypothetical average man → 1966 sl.
► JOHN DOE an average or typical citizen → 1593 chiefly US
► MAN-IN-THE-CARS an average or ordinary person → 1888 US
► MIDDLING a person of only average quality → 1916 Amer. dial.
► MOKUS an ‘average joe’; a working man → 1914 US sl.
► MOS an average Man On the Street → 1997 US sl.
► MR. AVERAGE the average member of the public → 1910 sl.
► MR. AVERAGEMAN the average member of the public → 1910 sl.
► NO GREAT SHAKES an average or unimportant person → 1850 Amer. sl.
► POOR LITTLE GUY the average or ordinal person, the ‘man in the street’ → 1955 US colloq.
► SIXTY-CENTER a person who is above average, i.e. 50% → 2001 NZ prison sl.
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