{"id":79692,"date":"2018-02-12T23:44:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/digital-frustra-scriptor-whats-your-victorian-job-title\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T00:06:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:06:25","slug":"digital-frustra-scriptor-whats-your-victorian-job-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/digital-frustra-scriptor-whats-your-victorian-job-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital frustra-scriptor \u2013 what's your Victorian job title?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nVictorians were the masters of inventing pretentious job positions to make their roles seem more impressive. Can you recognise these modern-age professions from our souped-up titles?If LinkedIn has made you feel as if you\u2019re living in the golden age of self-regarding professional chest-puffery, then think again. Essex University\u2019s Alun Withey has discovered that Victorians were the masters of pretentious job titles, scouring periodicals to discover booksellers describing themselves as \u201cbibliopoles\u201d, journalists as \u201ccouranteers\u201d and wigmakers as \u201ctripocoptontic perruquiers\u201d. Perhaps it\u2019s time that we took a leaf from the Victorians and started souping up our own job titles beyond all recognition. See if you can guess which current roles the following describe. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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