lorem ipsum

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lor·em ip·sum

 (lôr′əm ĭp′səm)
n.
Text consisting of jumbled fragments of Latin words, used as a placeholder in designing the layout of a document.

[From the first two words traditionally used in such text (taken from the phrase (Neque porro quisquam est qui do)lorem ipsum (quia dolor sit amet), "Nor is there anyone who loves pain for pain's sake," in Cicero's philosophical work De finibus bonorum et malorum ("On the Ends of Good and Evil")).]
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
The 'trade statistics' section of the Customs Department's website yesterday was displaying Lorem Ipsum text, often used by web developers as a placeholder and intended to be replaced with actual content before the site's launch.
I've used place-holder text in this example; often, people use lorem ipsum (jumbled Latin text), because it displays more naturally than nonsensical keyboard-mashing would.
Nobody has realised that all celebrity memoirs after chapter 10 are just the words "lorem ipsum" and "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", repeated over and over until the pages run out.
A Porta lacus B Lorem ipsum C Mi libero D Nullam finibus QUESTION 14 - for 14 points: Which UK paper size is 52mm x 74mm?
Lorem ipsum dolor amet consectetur adipiscing elit Etiam sed scepiscing elit sed sceleris
This was acknowledged as far back as the 1500s when typesetters used dummy text in Latin ("Lorem Ipsum") for parts of the page not yet filled with content.
It's the comment equivalent of the 'Lorem Ipsum' dummy text beloved of the printing and typesetting industry, when they need specimen words to illustrate how a piece of text would look: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua" (it's not Latin, although it has roots in that language).
"The flexibility whether financially or creatively is key, and this is due to the design of Lorem Ipsum operation and structure "
It shows stock photos of Bette Davis, John Lennon and Carolyn "Morticia Addams" Jones (also labeled as Bette Davis) along with the traditional "Lorem Ipsum" Latin placeholder text.
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