Mix and match

No. 2549: New word order
The journalist Peter Lubin coined the word ‘sesquilingualist’ to describe people who have a smattering of a foreign language. You are invited to find a gap in the language and plug it, explaining the etymology of your coinage (150 words maximum). Entries to ‘Competition 2549’ by 12 June or email lucy@spectator.co.uk.

In Competition No. 2546 you were invited to submit a dialogue between unlikely pairs from real life or fiction who happen to share the same surname. I would pay good money to eavesdrop on an exchange between the truculent Fall frontman Mark E. Smith and the father of economics, Adam Smith; or guardian of moral rectitude Mary Whitehouse and the boundary-pushing comedian Paul Whitehouse. But there was more than enough in the way of fruitful pairings to keep me happy in the entry this week. G.M. Davis subjects Gary Cooper, whose monosyllabic replies speak volumes, to a barrage of verbal diarrhoea courtesy of Henry Cooper.