ORDINARY
ADJECTIVES
1380 — ORDINAL conformable to order, rule, or custom; regular, ordinary, orderly → obs.
1461 — QUOTIDIAN of an everyday character; ordinary, commonplace, trivial
1485 — LOWLY humble in rank, condition or quality; insignificant, unimportant; also, unexceptional, ordinary → arch.
1508 — ORDINAR ordinary, usual, commonplace → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1838 — ORNERY ordinary, commonplace, plain → Amer. dial.
1850 — MUNDANE ordinary, commonplace; dull, humdrum; lacking interest or excitement
1892 — COMMON OR GARDEN common, ordinary
1908 — MIDDLESEX average, ordinary → Amer. dial.
1951 — CORN-BREAD ordinary, common → Amer. dial.
1968 — RANDOM ordinary if unexpected → US sl.
1977 — VANILLA ordinary, simple, basic → US sl.
1995 — BOGGO standard, ordinary → UK sl.
1999 — NOTHING OUT OF THE BOX unexceptional; ordinary → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1959 — MUNDANITY a being commonplace, trivial, or ordinary; a humdrum thing; a tedious necessity
NOUNS, PERSON
1582 — TOM TILER • TOM TYLER any ordinary man
1593 — JOHN DOE an ordinary or typical citizen
1823 — SLOUCH an ordinary person → Amer.
1888 — MAN-IN-THE-CARS man-in-the-street; an average or ordinary person → US
1890 — COPPERTAIL the ordinary or average person; one belonging to the lower classes of society → Aust. sl.
1899 — SHORTHORN an ordinary person, one of indifferent quality and not belonging to the best sort → Amer. dial.
1918 — JOHN CITIZEN an ordinary man, esp. as a member of the community
1920 — SQUARE JOHN an ordinary honest person; a good citizen; a noncriminal person who can be victimized by criminals → US criminals’ sl.
1941 — JOE BLOW a hypothetical average or ordinary man → US colloq.
1943 — JOE DOAKES • JOE DOKES a hypothetical average or ordinary man → colloq.
1943 — JOE SOAP a ‘dumb’ person; a mug; a quite ordinary person, any person → colloq.
1947 — JOE SCHMO a hypothetical average or ordinary person; a person of no distinction or importance → sl., orig. US
1960 — STORCH an ordinary person, a guy → US sl.
1967 — ZILCH an ordinary or completely dull, ineffectual, unattractive, or insignificant person; a person without much social or academic ability; a person of little consequence; a nobody; a socially inept outcast → US sl.
1969 — JOE BLOGGS a hypothetical average or ordinary man → colloq.
1990 — BILLY (BUNTER) a punter; an ordinary member of the public; a customer → UK rhyming sl.
1995 — BATTA-FOOT an unexceptional or ordinary person → W. Indies
1999 — COPPERTAIL the ordinary person; a member of the proleteriat → Aust. sl.
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