Flints?

[Pigwidgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., find_sam at h... wrote:
> Naama wrote:
> > I'm still worried that it might be a (HUGE) Flint. 
> 
> Could someone please define the term 'flint' for me? I've seen this 
> term used quite a bit but I really have no idea what it means. If I 
> had to hazard a guess based on context, I'd say it's some sort of 
> mistake in a text. Is that right? If it is, could someone tell me 
> where the term originates from? Thanks :)

The term was coined by Pippin in message number 8359 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/8359) on HPfGU 
(thanks to Amy for finding out when/where we started using it). The 
term is used to represent any mistakes that Jo Rowling has made in 
the books.

The term comes from one of the first mistakes to be spotted. In PS 
Marcus Flint, the Slytherin Quidditch Captain, is a sixth year. Yet 
he is still at Hogwarts in PoA, meaning that he was in his eigth year 
there when students only study there for seven years. The term flint 
comes from his surname.

Hope this helps

Simon