Can Somebody Please Tell Me

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No: HPFGUIDX 144487

> > --La Gattae:
> >
> > Where does the expression "greasy git" come from? Is it canon?


> Olivier:
> 
> After a cursory look at the canon, I think I can say the expression
is not canon. However, 
> Snape's hair are described as greasy in every book and he's called a
git by Fred and Ron in 
> OoP4.
> 


Neri:
The closest I could find in canon is Mr. Prongs in the Marauders Map,
who "agrees with Mr. Moony and would like to add that Professor Snape
is an ugly git" (PoA, Ch. 14).

The term "greasy git" was used for some time in HPfGU, and there were
requests in the past by offended members not to call him that. To be
fair, it appears that most members using this term are actually Snape
fans, who perhaps wish to say something like "it would be really
boring if such a classic villain stereotype would indeed turn out to
be the villain". If you want to follow the use of the expression in
HPfGU this can easily be done by typing "greasy git" (inside quotes)
in the search box and pressing "search more" many times.

Neri, unofficial LOONIEST