[HPforGrownups] James and Snape. Was. Re: Snape and Harry again.

[feklar]

No: HPFGUIDX 113811

> Valky:
> Carol you must not have any close British descent because that is
> the purely American definition.
> In British english the word Lapdog also applies to a person and with
> quite different meaning.
> Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary:
> Definition
> lapdog (PERSON)
> noun [C] DISAPPROVING
> someone who is willing to do anything that a more important person
> tells them to do:

feklar:

no, that's the standard American figurative understanding of "lapdog" as
well.  Same for "snivel" and "snivelling," tho' I think the term might be
considered a bit archaic here.

feklar