There’s the original of course, but as well as that there are now a number of others. Here’s a list of my favourites. In other words, all the ones I know about. Does anyone have others to add to the list?
Edit: It appears I missed Slipsum off – thanks Steve 🙂
Lipsum.com
Classic and timeless. You’ll often find it mistakenly added to live content the world over. Comes complete with a little history lesson on the origins of the text (Cicero, 45BC, folks).
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Hipster Ipsum
I knew about this site before it was popular.
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Bogan Ipsum
Credit to Maqusan for this one.
She’ll be right his blood’s worth bottling no dramas as cross as a bush telly. quid where he’s got a massive ciggies. As cunning as a bizzo my stands out like a slab. Gutful of amber fluid as dry as a blow in the bag. As stands out like bored sh*tless no worries he’s got a massive bradman. Lets throw a greenie with as busy as a daks.
Gangsta loremizzle
I really can’t talk street. But now I can use it as placeholder text. Too many z’s for my liking.
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Bacon Ipsum
The meat-eater’s favourite. Packed full of protein.
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Plus special mention for image placeholder services like http://placehold.it/ http://lorempixum.com/ and last but very much not least http://placekitten.com/ (credit to mia for telling me about the placekitten link. Fab!)
So have I missed any?
I used this one recently:”But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?” Think I just googled and found it. x
Aye Bella that’s the original “Lorem ipsum” quote translated from the latin to English, I believe.