16 fun alternative placeholder text generators
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If you’re a designer who uses Lorem Ipsum placeholder text, chances are you’ve at least heard a comment from your client like this: “I see the draft and it looks great, but the text is all in another language.” Haha!
Tired of explaining what Lorem Ipsum is? Maybe it’s time to try one of these placeholder text generators instead!
15+ funny or unique versions of Lorem Ipsum placeholder text
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1) Samuel L Ipsum
I love Sam Jackson, but as you know he uses a LOT of really foul language. Now, I don’t mind a foul mouth, but if that’s not your thang, you’ve been warned! 😂Here’s a sample:
Normally,
Both your asses would be dead as fucking fried chicken, but you happen to pull this shit while I'm in a transitional period so I don't wanna kill you, I wanna help you. But I can't give you this case, it don't belong to me. Besides, I've already been through too much shit this morning over this case to hand it over to your dumb ass.
2) Bob Ross Lipsum
Just want happy little filler text? This one is “clean” and still pretty funny. Here’s a sample:
I started painting as a hobby when I was little. I didn't know I had any talent. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do. Just go back and put one little more happy tree in there. Everybody's different. Trees are different. Let them all be individuals. We'll put some happy little leaves here and there. These things happen automatically. All you have to do is just let them happen. Everyone wants to enjoy the good parts - but you have to build the framework first. Let's do that again. I'm gonna start with a little Alizarin crimson and a touch of Prussian blue. The very fact that you're aware of suffering is enough reason to be overjoyed that you're alive and can experience it. If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness. If you don't think every day is a good day - try missing a few. You'll see. In life you need colors. Fluff it up a little and hypnotize it. We can fix anything. Automatically, all of these beautiful, beautiful things will happen. There we go. Look at them little rascals.
3) Game of Thrones Ipsum*
Big fan? ME TOO. Not a fan of the way it ended, buuuuut that’s another topic entirely. Here’s what their ipsums generate,
in the Common Tongue:
The night is dark and full of terrors. The winds of Winter. What is dead may never die. And now his watch is ended. The battle of the redgrass field. Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. All men must die.
in High Valyrian:
Nuhor lir gurenna. Skorī demalyti tymptir tymis, erinis ia morghulis. Valar morghulis. Sikudi nopazmi! Tubi daor. Tubi daor. Hen syndrorro, onos. Hen nuqir, perzys. Hen morghot, glaeson.
in Dothraki:
Anha dothrak chek asshekh. Athdavrazar! San athchomari yeraan. San athchomari yeraan. Nevakhi vekha ha maan: Rekke, m'aresakea norethi fitte. Ifas maisi yeri. Yer affesi anni.
in Hodor (if you’re a fan of Game of Thrones, as am I, then you’ll know this one really isn’t good for more than a laugh; here’s a sample anyway):
Hodor. Hodor, Hodor, Hodor, Hodor. Hodor! Hodor, Hodor, Hodor. Hodor, Hodor. Hodor, Hodor, Hodor, Hodor. Hodor, Hodor, Hodor, Hodor.
4) Office Ipsum
This gem generates the kind of talk you hear in corporate meetings, AND the kind of comments clients can give designers.
It’s not always grammatically correct, pronouns aren’t always capitalized and punctuation can be missing, but it’s still pretttty funny. If you copy the copy (ha) and tweak it, you could paste the corrected version somewhere for easy access later. Here’s a sample of the meeting jargon:
We need to future-proof this win-win-win.
Great plan! Let me diarize this, and we can synchronize ourselves at a later timeframe, for strategic staircase wiggle room. Idea shower: what's our go to market strategy? Table the discussion; I just wanted to give you a heads-up, and run it up the flag pole for a performance review.
It's a simple lift and shift job. Throughput criticality, pre-think our game-plan. So if you could do that, that would be great for critical mass. Pull in ten extra bodies to help roll the tortoise, a loss a day will keep you focused, then loop back. Back-end of third quarter, meeting assassins get buy-in to close the loop. When does this sun set?
And here’s a sample of their client revision-related jargon:
The website doesn't have the theme I was going for.
Something summery; colorful. This looks perfect. Just Photoshop out the dog, add a baby, and make the curtains blue. We also need to add this 2000 line essay. Can the black be darker? Can you make it stand out more? I know you've made thirty iterations, but can we go back to the first one? That was the best version I remember. I'll know it when I see it; that’s not what I saw in my head at all. Can you put "find us on facebook" by the facebook logo?
5) Schitt’s Creek Ipsum
I’m a late-comer to this show, but it’s hysterical so of course I had to add it to this list!
Generate filler text with quotes from the show, like:
OK, yeah, no, I did not write this… OK, like, I didn’t even choose this font! It’s horrible. What kind of barnyard were you raised in? I don’t want to brag, but Us Weekly once described me as ‘up for anything.' The idea of me life coaching another human being should scare you… a lot.
6) Cat Ipsum
Cat fans a popular client of yours? No? Just a fan of cats yourself? Me too. That’s what makes this filler text purrrrfecto. Here’s a sample:
Go into a room to decide you didn't want to be in there anyway be superior. Run outside as soon as door open what a cat-ass-trophy! meowing chowing and wowing meow meow mama head nudges and cats go for world domination. Stand with legs in litter box, but poop outside while happily ignoring when being called yet good morning sunshine mouse scratch at the door then walk away. Push your water glass on the floor crusty butthole and chirp at birds for fight an alligator and win. Sniff all the things nap all day there's a forty year old lady there let us feast thug cat a nice warm laptop for me to sit on or please stop looking at your phone and pet me but sniff catnip and act crazy. Stare at ceiling toilet paper attack claws fluff everywhere meow miao french ciao litterbox look at dog hiiiiiisssss.
7) Coffee Ipsum
Love you a cuppa joe? This generator is all about the café; it’s just a bunch of nonsense put together with coffee related words. Here’s a sample:
Arabica Acerbic Affogato Aftertaste Aged Americano And Aroma, bar panna so Barista cortado trifecta extraction, skinny aftertaste filter java cultivar cinnamon. Mazagran trade Barista french and Acerbic acerbic Aged milk cinnamon origin carajillo, mountain coffee roast mug wings Bar single viennese pumpkin go pot, dripper crema flavour mocha At bar sit medium au breve. Espresso Brewed Blue iced Americano robust whipped, bar percolator grounds go saucer robusta, Au shop Affogato Bar aged coffee, Barista blue strong origin aftertaste. Blue skinny coffee breve Brewed acerbic, siphon steamed And foam, qui Arabica ut latte. Go brewed At aftertaste sweet cinnamon caffeine rich strong caramelization Aftertaste, Body roast body frappuccino Beans extraction sit americano Aroma.
8) Hippie Ipsum
Are you a medicinal, card-carrying, woo-woo, new-age hippie at heart? This generator has all the right words. Here’s a sample:
Nagchampa fairtrade microfestival monogamish chanting clarity SpiritRock WholeEarthCatalog, soul-levelcontract virgo meditation thehealingpropertiesof shamanicceremony papasan dancedome. Occupy fluorescentlights mooncycle bodyworker consciousness beltane vegan sacredceremony combinedenergyfields vitamin, embodied visualizationpractices holdingspace thepowerofintention visualization quartermoon sacredgeometricshapes ayahuasca earthmother harmony, kelp nectar TheSecret firetending prayerformance hempseed nature om. Empoweringmessages promotingpositivechange master healingenergy herbaltea mystic breathwork withadashofcayennepepper SpiritRock, folkremedy spiritanimal transformative mind-body authenticself crystalline essentialoils talkingstick, somatic corestrength bethechange kirtan aura nudist communal. Trusttheprocess synchronicity sungazing channeling bentoniteclay indigochild herbalmedicine heart-based world personaldevelopment, emotionalrelease herbaltea sustainable kelp kefir thebuddha pastlife entheogen.
9) Pirate Ipsum
Want funny, but not foul placeholder text? This one is a great choice; here’s a sample:
Yar Pirate Ipsum
Reef sails strike colors code of conduct parley sloop yardarm square-rigged mizzen loaded to the gunwalls keel. Bilge rat scuttle gangway heave down piracy nipper pirate mizzen topmast deadlights. Aft case shot lugsail Gold Road scourge of the seven seas mutiny skysail reef bowsprit Admiral of the Black.
Man-of-war yardarm plunder Gold Road case shot capstan poop deck grog blossom clap of thunder topsail. Jack Tar coffer weigh anchor lateen sail warp crimp wench square-rigged careen pirate. Ye hearties interloper cable schooner ho avast tackle booty heave down.
Prow reef sails Davy Jones' Locker spike red ensign boom scurvy ahoy belay Sea Legs. List ahoy Chain Shot rope's end to go on account Corsair shrouds code of conduct starboard bilge. Jack Ketch crow's nest topmast run a rig stern Pieces of Eight Jolly Roger Sail ho cog grog blossom.
10) Dexter Ipsum
Is scary or creepy more your thing? Lines from Dexter can be generated as filler text too; here’s a sample:
I'm generally confused most of the time.
Pretend. You pretend the feelings are there, for the world, for the people around you. Who knows? Maybe one day they will be. I'm real proud of you for coming, bro. I know you hate funerals. I've lived in darkness a long time. Over the years my eyes adjusted until the dark became my world and I could see.
11) Doctor Who Ipsum
A big fan of the doc? Here’s a sample of what this one looks like:
You hate me.
You want to kill me! Well, go on! Kill me! KILL ME! No, I'll fix it. I'm good at fixing rot. Call me the Rotmeister. No, I'm the Doctor. Don't call me the Rotmeister. The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things.…hey.…the good things don't always soften the bad things; but vice-versa the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.
12) Chuck Norris Facts Ipsum
Did you ever watch Walker Texas Ranger? My parents did, so I did too, sometimes. If you did too, you’ll get a KICK out of this generator. Here’s a sample:
Chuck Norris doesn't churn butter. He roundhouse kicks the cows and the butter comes straight out. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris CNN was originally created as the "Chuck Norris Network" to update Americans with on-the-spot ass kicking in real-time.
Chuck Norris was an only child...eventually Chuck Norris is the only man to ever defeat a brick wall in a game of tennis. Chuck Norris invented Kentucky Fried Chicken's famous secret recipe, with eleven herbs and spices. But nobody ever mentions the twelfth ingredient: Fear Chuck Norris has two speeds. Walk, and Kill. Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Police label anyone attacking Chuck Norris as a Code 45-11... a suicide Someone once videotaped Chuck Norris getting pissed off. It was called Walker: Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Chuck Norris does not get frostbite. Chuck Norris bites frost. Police label anyone attacking Chuck Norris as a Code 45-11... a suicide.
Chuck Norris can write a letter by using sign language. Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
13) Hipsum
The most hipster filler text out there. Here’s a sample:
Oh. You need a little dummy text for your mockup? How quaint.
I bet you’re still using Bootstrap too…Freegan before they sold out poke taxidermy, pop-up vaporware vegan pinterest. Messenger bag pitchfork la croix gluten-free. Activated charcoal vexillologist iPhone, man braid bespoke tote bag kogi man bun adaptogen sustainable ethical intelligentsia vape. Tumblr sriracha umami, slow-carb typewriter celiac quinoa ethical keytar poke cloud bread hexagon kitsch tbh organic.
14) Zombie Ipsum
Work with zombie fans? Then this filler text will be a big hit with your clients!
Zombie ipsum brains reversus.
Ab cerebellum viral inferno, brein nam rick mend grimes malum cerveau cerebro. De carne cerebro lumbering animata cervello corpora quaeritis. Summus thalamus brains sit, morbo basal ganglia vel maleficia? De braaaiiiins apocalypsi gorger omero prefrontal cortex undead survivor fornix dictum mauris. Hi brains mindless mortuis limbic cortex soulless creaturas optic nerve, imo evil braaiinns stalking monstra hypothalamus adventus resi hippocampus dentevil vultus brain comedat cerebella pitiutary gland viventium. Nescio brains an Undead cervello zombies.
15) Legal Ipsum
Don’t speak legalese, but want to look like you do (at a glance, only)? This is a great choice, but it won’t make any sense whatsoever. Here’s a sample:
Permissions for Redistribution of the Package, if it was received. In addition, after a subsequent version of the Contribution.
COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
Commercial distributors of software may not include additions to the Open Source License. All changes are intended to be used as a whole at no charge to all third parties, if you wish), that you have co-authored with others, you can do these things. To make sure that they, too, receive or can get it if you received as to how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
16) Lit Ipsum
Literary fans, –of the classics, that is– this one is for you. Here’s a sample:
I was born in the year 18-- to a large fortune, endowed besides with excellent parts, inclined by nature to industry, fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellowmen, and thus, as might have been supposed, with every guarantee of an honourable and distinguished future. And indeed the worst of my faults was a certain impatient gaiety of disposition, such as has made the happiness of many, but such as I found it hard to reconcile with my imperious desire to carry my head high, and wear a more than commonly grave countenance before the public.
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