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etaoin shrdlus

etaoin shrdlus is the plural of etaoin shrdlu.

Meaning of etaoin shrdlu

Noun

etaoin shrdlu (plural etaoin shrdlus)

  1. Nonsense, filler text (dummy text), or an example of accidental typing (typo).
    • You can see why compositors reflexively filled lines to be corrected with etaoin shrdlus.1989, Alex Brown, In print: text and type, page 137

Questions about etaoin shrdlus

What is etaoin shrdlus the plural of?
Etaoin shrdlus is the plural of etaoin shrdlu.

Words near etaoin shrdlus in the dictionary

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  3. etanidazole
  4. Etanim
  5. etaoin shrdlu
  6. etaoin shrdlus
  7. etape
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  10. etaqualone
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