placeholderaddress
nounUK /ˈpleɪshəʊldər əˌdres/
US /ˈpleɪshoʊldər əˌdres/
A pretend address you use for now until you have the real one.
The form asked for an address, so she typed a placeholderaddress until she moved into her new house.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A made-up address used in a computer program to test that it works.
The programmer filled the test form with a placeholderaddress to check the error message.
3. An address written in a book or list that only marks where a real address will go later.
The draft directory showed a placeholderaddress for the new office.
4. A stand-in address used to keep a spot open in a mailing list.
They added a placeholderaddress so the newsletter template would not break.