lorem ipsum

Meaning

A dummy text used as a placeholder in printing and website design to simplify the layout process, especially the usual pseudo-Latin text beginning Lorem ipsum...

Synonyms

placeholder

dummy text

Translations

Platzhalter

Platzhalter -s

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌlɔː.ɹəm ˈɪp.səm/

Etymology

Pseudo-Latinism, a clipping of dolōrem ipsum (“pain itself”) from Cicero's 45 B.C.E. De Fīnibus Bonōrum et Malōrum adopted by the mid-1960s to assist with artistic text layout.