Stogpingum = Stoke Pinguium
The word “Pinguium” in the original name of this parish is a form of the Latin word pinguis, meaning “fat” or “fertile.” The narrator comments that its current name, “Stogpingum,” is the result of “barbarous Saxon tongues [having] clipped it of its proper proportions.” This phrase satirizes those who prefer the aesthetics of Latin to other languages. [EB 2006]