Dumbledore's Nitwit

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No: HPFGUIDX 92882

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "drjuliehoward" 
<drjuliehoward at y...> wrote:
> I tried searching the archives but coule not find anything on 
this.  
> It is from the first book, so something must have been posted 
about 
> it.  On US hardback 123, Dumbledore's few words were "Nitwit!  
> Blubber!  Oddment!  Tweak!  Thank you!"
> Question 1: What in the world does it mean?
> Question 2: Are they the same in the UK version?
> 
> Julie

Sue B:

My impression was that it was tongue-in-cheek. When people 
say, "I want to say just a few words," they usually mean they want 
to make a speech, however short. But he actually did just say "a 
few words", to start the term off with a joke.