Joe Public
Otto Normalverbraucher, Ottonormalverbraucher
A hypothetical average or generic member of the publicA hypothetical average or generic member of the public; the common man (or person, by extension).
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A hypothetical average or generic member of the public; the common man (or person, by extension).
Quoting Joe Public proved a dangerous game in the 2008 US presidential elections after he was personified in Joe 'the' Plumber, an actual plumber without previous media exposure.
Ottonormalverbraucher, Otto Normalverbraucher
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By meaning 1
a hypothetical average or generic member of the public: