reverse fictionary asides

[Pierre Abbat]

On Monday 12 September 2005 16:40, James Kushner wrote:
>  2. For that matter, I seem to have taken it into my head that
> "cartographer's fraud" is a universally understood term, but it apparently
> appears in no dictionary. How ironic. Does anyone know if there is a
> universally-recognized term that fits the definition (the practice of
> deliberately introducing errors into published maps for purposes of
> establishing and defending its copyright)?

I googled "esquivalience" and found a Wikipedia page about deleting the 
article, which led me to [[Nihilartikel]], which has the terms "trap street" 
and "mountweazel". However, when I've seen such a thing on a map, it wasn't a 
street. There was a map of Ohio with both Circleville and Scircleville, and I 
guess one was a mountweazel.

phma