"Joe Sixpack" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Audio: En-au-Joe Sixpack.ogg [Australia] Forms: Joe Six-pack [alternative]
Etymology: From the notion of an average person as a churlish one who sits around idly drinking a six-pack of beer. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Joe Sixpack}} Joe Sixpack
  1. (slang) The average person. Tags: slang Synonyms: Joe Average, average Joe, John Q. Public Translations (average person): Jan met de pet [masculine] (Dutch), Bidochon (French), Jan Kowalski [masculine, person] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Joe_Sixpack-en-name-5TC1JWKJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Personifications Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Personifications: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'average person': 96 4
  2. (Internet slang) Somebody without particular expertise or interest in computers or the Internet; a nontechie. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-Joe_Sixpack-en-name-Jqpu2sG9

Alternative forms

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