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Janet Anderson:

>I am pretty sure JKR made up "Mundungus,"  


>From the archives, post 27572 (I know this has come up more recently, but 
this is the only post I could lay my hands on):

>Mundungus is a smelly tobacco from the Spanish "mondongo" = "paunch,
>tripe, black pudding", related to "mondejo" = "stuffed mutton or pork
>stomach"; in turn, from the Arabic "bondoca"? "bodonca"?** which
>seems to have the same meaning as the other Spanish cognate,
>"albondiga": "Ball of chopped fish or meat, formed with bread crumbs,
>eggs, and spices, that is eaten fried or stewed."
>
>[**diccionarios.com has two different transliterations]
>
>....Craig, who won't mention the other meaning of albondiga (yuck)....


~Eloise