12. The system of claim 8 , the substitution component configured to temporarily replace one or more characters input by a user with the placeholder.
8. A system for assisting a user in generating a desired phrase, comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer readable instructions to implement the system; an acquisition component configured to obtain a set of phrases for presentation as a function of one or more characters entered into a character entry field, at least one phrase within the set of phrases comprising more than one term; a pinning component configured to pin one or more terms, but fewer than all terms, of a presented phrase, from the set of phrases, the pinned terms inserted into the character entry field; and a substitution component configured to temporarily replace one or more pinned terms in the character entry field, but fewer than all pinned terms, with a placeholder when a second set of phrases, obtained by the acquisition component based at least in part upon the pinned terms, comprises fewer than a desired number of phrases.