Fangs for mentioning this/warning -vampire theory

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22599

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., monzaba at p... wrote:
> And that's a canon statement that keeps bothering me. OK for the 
> greasy hair, but "slimy" and "oily"? I'm not a native speaker (yes, 
I 
> know you've guessed it already, reading my semi-English posts), but 
> my vocabulary explains that "slimy" is "disgustingly dishonest, 
> flattering, hipocritical" and "oily" means "trying to hard to win 
> favour by flattery" [Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 1989]. 
> That may describe Snape's attitude torwards Malfoy well, but in my 
> opinion Snape wasn't trying hard to win Hermione's favour when he 
> told her: "I can see no difference" :-)

The definitions you gave for "slimy" and "oily" only apply to a
person's actions toward his *superiors*.  Flattery is not something
used on one's inferiors.  Thus, even if the adjectives were meant
to describe his character above and beyond his physical appearance,
they wouldn't apply to how he would act toward the students.

....Craig