fred foobar

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

Fred Foobar
 n.

   {J. Random Hacker}'s cousin. Any typical human being, more or less
   synonymous with `someone' except that Fred Foobar can be
   {backreference}d by name later on. "So Fred Foobar will enter his
   phone number into the database, and it'll be archived with the others.
   Months later, when Fred searches..." See also {Bloggs Family} and {Dr.
   Fred Mbogo}