[HPforGrownups] Mundungus

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 111047

From: "snipsnapsnurr"

> I'm fairly new here, so I don't know if this has been mentioned
> before. The word "Mundungus" was unfamiliar to me and I just assumed
> it was a made-up name, maybe combining "mundus" (world) and "dung"
> (dung). But i ran across it in a Patrick O'Brien novel recently, and
> it is a type of tobacco apparently. I'm not sure what
> characteristics it has. In the O'Brien book the character bought it
> while in the Mediterranean, so I'm thinking it may be African, which
> is typically very strong flavored, which would fit with Mundungus
> the character in HP. Or maybe it is Royal Navy slang. Does anyone
> know anything about this? Thanks in advance.
>

charme:

Definition from Websters 1913:

Definition:   \Mun*dun"gus\, n. [Cf. Sp. mondongo paunch, tripe,
black pudding.]
A stinking tobacco.

Kinda fits with 'Dung, don't you think? Especially fitting with the pipe he
smokes, however there is a duality to the name.  Black pudding is
essentially congealed pig's blood in a length of intestine. Either way, it's
not very appealing, is it?

charme