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  • noun idiomatic A hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man (or person, by extension).

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  • Look for him to appoint extremists in federal judgeships; grant himself more executive power, give away more to the rich, cut more programs for Joe Average, and probably begin the course of no-return with a war in Iran.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: October 4, 2006 2006

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