Etymology

greeking

greek·ing
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Today it means: Nonsense text or graphics inserted into a document as a placeholder to create a dummy layout, or to demonstrate a type font; the practice of using such placeholder text or graphics. Full definition →

First used 20th c.
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The story

From greek + -ing.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. Nonsense text or graphics inserted into a document as a placeholder to create a dummy layout, or to demonstrate a type font; the practice of using such placeholder text or graphics.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.