Mayhem Parva
noun
(Especially in critical writing) the genre of mystery stories set in a rural English village; (the generic name for) a typical English village as the setting for a violent crime; frequently attributive, as Mayhem Parva school, etc.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Colin Watson (1920–1982). From mayhem + classical Latin parva, feminine singular of parvus little, after English village names with this as second element (e.g. Ash Parva, Shropshire, Ashby Parva, Leicestershire, etc.).
- station head
- station hospital
- station house
- station indicator
- Stationing Committee
- station-Jack
- station-keeping
- station line
- station man
- station manager
- stationmaster
- station meter
- station-mistress
- stationnaire
- Station of the Cross
- station point
- station pointer
- station pole
- station rations
- station sergeant
- station ship
- Stations of the Cross
- station staff
- station stop
- station wagon