Finnish List of placeholder names by language

1 finnish

1.1 things
1.2 people
1.3 numbers
1.4 places
1.5 dates , times
1.6 military usage
1.7 ict usage

finnish
things

hilavitkutin 1 of common finnish placeholder words technical objects , machinery. refers device vitkuttaa-ing lattice . ordinary meaning of verb vitkuttaa nonsensical in context, means in order delay . arguably, vitkuttaa can evoke associations of oscillation, shaking , forth , in native speakers of finnish. suffix -tin denotes tool or device. usage same of english whatsit .

an idiosyncratically finnish placeholder word mikälie or mikä lie, literally whatever (it) may . utilizes finnish verb form lie or lienee, meaning (it) – i.e., in potential mood. inflected word form quite rare in everyday speech, has resulted in grammatical function being (mis)interpreted native speakers grammatical particle instead of verb. this, in turn, has given rise constructions such mikälie. analogously persons kuka lie whoever may , locations missä lie in wherever , etc.

juttu has literal meanings story , criminal/court case , or issue , may refer virtually inanimate. other generic placeholder words in colloquial use include systeemi or sydeemi ( system ), , juttu (also jutska or judanssi), homma , hommeli ( thing , thingy ). tilpehööri derives phonetically swedish language tillbehör (that included), , can refer small items, found in small plastic bags, needed put furniture (say ikea) or other kits (model planes example). tilpehööri useful , needed something; unnecessary, unneeded or obscure small items called höhä or sälä.

people

placeholders people include ubiquitous matti meikäläinen (male) , maija meikäläinen (female), , relatively less common anna malli (literally anna model, can understood give me example , female) or tauno tavallinen ( tauno ordinary , male) . in official contexts, initials n.n. (from latin nomen nescio, name unknown ) used.

meikäläinen means literally 1 of us, 1 of our side , sounds similar genuine finnish surname, many of end in -lainen/-läinen . sometimes, totti teikäläinen (teikäläinen means 1 of people, 1 of side ) can used, contrast matti meikäläinen needed.

the names matti virtanen , ville virtanen used, because said combine common first names , surnames; however, real names reason.

the common nouns tyyppi type , kaveri friend , joku may used placeholders persons. kaveri used in contact sports , ironically of troublemakers in security slang or in other contexts friend complete stranger , not acting friendly.

pihtiputaan mummo ( grandmother pihtipudas ) proverbial least knowledgeable , therefore least capable person adapt new technology, such euro or digital tv.

numbers

placeholders large numbers include ziljoona , biljardi. latter portmanteau of miljardi (10) , biljoona (10, see billion). has intentional double meaning, word means billiards , , can mean 10.

places

the common placeholder name remote location or backwater town takahikiä. actual locations in finland have acquired similar status include peräseinäjoki and, extent, pihtipudas, though latter associated proverbial grandmother pihtipudas explained above. spelled small initial letter when used placeholder names.

stereotypical foreign, distant places timbuktu , indokiina. faraway place can found in pippurlandia, translates pepper-land ; far pepper grows . other places, actual coordinates unknown , obscure, far away, hornantuutti (chute of hell), huitsin-nevada, vinku-intia (whine-india) , hevonkuusi ( horse s spruce cf. in sticks).

dates , times

obscurity in time can expressed viidestoista päivä (fifteenth day). tuohikuussa pukinpäivän aikaan refers obscure future date (literally @ buck s day on barkember). nappisodan aikaan @ time of button wars refers happened long time ago. common term vuonna keppi ja kivi, literally means @ year stick-and-stone , word keppi stick , kivi stone may replaced other word nakki frankfurter , miekka sword , kilpi shield or other word relates old times.

military usage

in finnish military slang, tsydeemi traditionally refers special type of socks worn during wintertime. however, has become common generic placeholder word outside military, possibly due phonetic similarity aforementioned systeemi.

in finnish defence forces, placeholder names soldiers include nönnönnöö (no meaning, derived n.n.), senjanen (rendered genitive senjasen expanding sen-ja-sen (this-and-that), omanimi ( private his-name ) , te ( private ). weapon, device or piece of equipment called vekotin. has pointed abbreviation vkt, valtion kivääritehdas (state rifle factory), , referred light machine gun vkt23, called vekotin.

ict usage

in information technology, small program supposed 1 thing well, called kilke. word has connotation of makeshift . software consisting of several kilke may called tsydeemi (system). word systems judanssi.

a program takes input , turns other useful, human-readable information, called pulautin. perhaps applied web services this.

a term used black-box component, i.e. 1 has well-defined interface, internal workings not known and/or of no interest, palikka ( block ).