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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: greeking #122965 02/15/2004 10:41 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 81 Jenet journeyman Jenet journeyman Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 81 Greeking is supposed to be a printers' term for setting semi-random text just to fill up space and see how it looks. These days the standard text used for greeking is not Greek put pseudo-Latin, the infamous "lorem ipsum", which is a garbled form of a passage from Cicero. Details at http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=95516 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted greeking grapho 02/15/2004 10:33 PM Re: greeking Jenet 02/15/2004 10:41 PM Re: greeking grapho 02/15/2004 11:02 PM Re: greeking Buffalo Shrdlu 02/15/2004 11:11 PM mindless filler grapho 02/15/2004 11:37 PM Re: mindless filler Faldage 02/15/2004 11:43 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,270 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 6 John Flex 1 John Fox 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 handymanhome 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,129 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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