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Joe Public

British  

noun

  1. slang the general public

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One worker said: “It's broken, the system. If Joe Public knew, they'd be up in arms. But it's so broken.”

From BBC • May 23, 2024

But Joe Public doesn’t understand what Lombardi did.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2022

And so Joe Public gained the resources of the experts without the critical eye and training.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2020

“I understand where Joe Public is coming from. They’re thinking she probably did this horrible thing, she’s probably dangerous,” he said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2020

So from a purely elitist standpoint, whatever Joe Public thinks, I would say with the accent of Marie Antoinette, "let them have a Constitution!"

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2016

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