I feel pretty boring now. My random word is always “test.” 
And if I need more than one? Test1, test2, etc.
Marmot. For exactly the same reason.
I remember reading an article in which just such a placeholder had found its way right through to publication. I can’t remember any more details than that the placeholder was ‘Outer Mongolia’.
I for the life of me cannot think of a random word.
I’ll see your banana, fishcake, sponge and raise you parakeet, credenza, and sousaphone.
Cynthia Q. Furburger, Guy Inagorillasuit, and Wally Ballou.
Random placename: Kuala Lumpur. (I have only ever met one person who’d been there.)
Random word: hoogly moogly. I’ll string it together or add underscore if necessary.
Sometimes I use wedgie, too.
Names: Deltoid P. Hamsterlicker, Teddy Ruxpin, Grubby Weasel
I like testing 
Moist
Its less random than my previous entries, but when I am programming and need to use a word or phrase it is usually something that involves lots of swears and cusses.
That reminds me of a story.
Several years ago I was working for a small printing shop. There were only three of us there and business was a bit slow, but we had a few big accounts so we were keeping it in the black. Being geek savvy, we decided to bring some of our typesetting in-house, with me as the typesetter. It worked rather well.
So one day I was setting some business cards up for one of our clients whose typesetting we previously farmed out. I used a previously printed flat of cards to check register against my own proofs – which of course had some test names on them. I broke with my usual tradition and used the name “Ronald B. Donutbagger.” It was a good long, if whimsical name, that I used to make sure long names could fit comfortably within the 3.5" card’s margins without getting into the bleed or crop areas. I finally got a set of proofs that were camera-ready.
So I entered some real names of their employees on a 12-up flat for proofing and faxed them to the client.
Unfortunately, I forgot to change one set of 4 at the bottom of the page, so she got some card proofs for “Ronald B. Donutbagger.” She asked what that was about, clearly not the slightest bit amused with my sense of whimsy.
Did I mention that the client was the Peel Regional Police headquarters?
Oops.
Wow, my random words are really boring compared to you guys, which is sad since I’m supposed to be a technical writer. I either use “foo” or “doot.”
BTW, I see **Dr. Woo ** is a Dave Barry fan too. 
Always liked Deltoid P. Hamsterlicker as a fake name.
quack
duck
lampshade
moo
dorothy is awesome (only with my real name)
please work
Which is yet another reason for using wombat. While it would be embarrassing to have such a goof actually reach production, it wouldn’t be offensive to anyone. Mystifying, perhaps, but not offensive.
I’m the answer lady in my agency. Often, random co-worker will walk into my office and say, “I have a question.” My reply is always, “And I have an answer. Today’s answer is <random>. Next!” For <random> insert Purple, chlamydia, gossamer, arachnophobia, or Mac 'n cheeeeez. I just love the blank stares.
For random names, *Hortence Schnickelfritz * and Seamus MacGillicuddy.
Sebastian Weetabix is a good random name.
homespun
For a word: persnickety
For a proper name: Richard Dunkbutter, but most just call me Dick.
fishsticks.
Moof
testing email notification: Point! (with a reply: Naaaaaarf!)
Foo Burgers
All of my passwords used to be based on ‘catfood’ because I like the song so much, but I eventually realized that my tendency to answer “catfood” in lieu of “I don’t know” might be a giveaway, so they’ve all been changed, so don’t even try.
When surprised I often ejaculate (tee hee) “Wankel rotary engine” to see if anyone gets the reference, which they don’t.
When someone says something particularly meaningless I come back with "purple monkey dishwasher’ in the same uninflected voice as in the ‘Simpsons’ episode I got it from.
Whenever I ask someone “Are you sure?” and they answer “Yes”, I always continue with “Did you count?” I’m not sure why.
I got a million of these.
[sub]If you don’t see the fnord, it can’t hurt you.[/sub]