Why do we call Snape "greasy git'

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No: HPFGUIDX 144587

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"M.Clifford" Message 144507:


> As for git, which is asked about on the rest of this thread, I am
> fairly sure the source of this word is Ron. I know he calls Percy a
> git in OOtP, and I think he speaks Harry's mind about Snape by 
calling
> him a git at a tense moment in another book, or maybe it's TMTMNBN.
> If it appears in a book then in a sense Git!Snape is pretty much
> canon, and IMHO it should be, Snape is all of a git by the 
colloquial
> definition of the word though I am not sure that can be entirely
> conveyed here. 

 

"K":

Ron snorted. "Doesn't stop him being a git. The way he looks at us 
when  he sees us..."
oop-ch 4-pg 69-us

"Git," said Fred idly. 
oop-ch 4-pg 69-us



Sylvia (Message 144584):

>I find this expression profoundly unpleasant and would be furious 
>if it was applied to me. I believe it derives from the 
>word "misbegot" which would imply illegitimate birth. I just cringe 
>everytime someone uses it on this forum. I'm English btw.

"K":

I agree. I also find it unpleasant and am rather tired of 
hearing it. It's one of those words that just has an ugly ring to it.