RichardB Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 No, I'd never heard of a squarson either ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 No, I'd never heard of a squarson either ... Squarson - Squire / Parson More to follow (hopefully) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Squarson. "A combination of 'squire' and 'parson' A squire in holy orders who works his parish, or, Rural parson of means and position not overshadowed by resident squires. " B.-L. Cent, enters, "squarson, said to have been invented by Bishop Wilberforce", and quotes A. Lang, "He held the sacrosanct position of squarson". Source - Blends, Their Relation to English Word Formation Published - 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Here's another. Squishop Source: "On blendings of synonymous or cognate expressions in English" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 No luck with a Sheffield one yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 No luck with a Sheffield one yet Was it James Wilkinson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Was it James Wilkinson? Applying the same rules in blending words, would make James Wilkinson a SquiVicStrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Was it James Wilkinson? There was only ever him as an option. Well spotted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Old Niddlety Nod ... him, not you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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