As a placeholder name, A. N. Other is commonly employed in lists of cricket players, where players' names are traditionally listed as initials and surname (e.g., I. T. Botham), for players whose names have not yet been announced, or that are unknown.
Since Rob Andrews could not run for the Senate while seeking re-election for his House seat, Camille was accused of being a "placeholder," who would presumably cede candidacy in the general election to another Democrat, possibly her husband, were he to lose the Senate Democratic primary to incumbent Frank Lautenberg.
However, the branding is only listed by industry sources as a placeholder for the time slot, and not as an official on-air branding for night.
In Internet slang it may be used as a placeholder expression (dialog may be expressed as "you just got derped") or a response to a question, signifying stupidity.
Onc is a generic placeholder for a given specific oncogene, such as C-jun.
He was included into the Turkish Olympics team as a placeholder after European champion in the -85 kg division Fatih Baydar tested positive in a doping check made on July 3, of which result was notified on July 23, shortly before the departure of the Turkish athletes to London.
The title to "Far Beyond Driven" was borrowed from Pantera's album title Far Beyond Driven, as Christensen used it as a placeholder lyric when playing a song hook on the acoustic guitar, but was unable to find better lyrics to replace it.