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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Where do the dumb terms His or Her Worship for mayors come from?
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Wikipedia delivers.
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His Worship or Her Worship is an honorific prefix for mayors, justices of the peace and magistrates in present or former Commonwealth realms. In spoken address, these officials are addressed as Your Worship or referred to as His Worship or Her Worship.
Etymology
The term worship implies that citizens give or attribute special worth or esteem (worthship) to their first-citizen or mayor
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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
As for Gondek? Well she can worship…
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What is that even supposed to mean?