Lorem Ipsum Second Ipsum gibberish?

Yes, Lorem ipsum acts as gibberish, but it actually originates from scrambled and truncated Latin. It is mostly a garbled version of a 1st-century BC philosophy essay by Cicero, altered to make it essentially meaningless so it doesn't distract viewers from reviewing page layouts or typography.

The text is used as a standard placeholder for website mockups and print materials to give a realistic impression of how text will look. You can learn more about its fascinating history on Wikipedia or generate your own blocks of dummy copy using Lipsum.