What the Heck is ESE???

[KathyK]

No: HPFGUIDX 134481

Eggplant asked the question many of us have been wondering:
 
> I keep hearing that and it embarrasses me to say this, but will
> somebody please take pity on me and explain what ESE means.

KathyK responds:

Eggplant, my friend, this is no cause for embarassment.  We use an 
assortment of acronyms and short-hands on this list.  It's hard to 
keep track!

ESE stands for Ever So Evil.  So when we say Snape is ESE, or 
characterize him as ESE!Snape, we are saying he's a baddie, a Lord 
Voldemort supporter.  But it's not merely that he's a bad guy.  
Because Lord Voldemort is Evil.  Bellatrix is Evil.  But they're not 
generally characterized with ESE.  Because we *know* they're the bad 
guys.

Our ESE characters are secretly working for the Wrong Side.  ESE!
Snape fooled Dumbledore, and has now gone back to LV.  He may have 
been evil all along, or he may have been loyal up until Book Six.  
This is, of course, assuming he's Ever So Evil at all. <g> I think 
nearly every one of our good guys has found him or herself under the 
ESE microscope at one time or another.  

There are a couple of places you can check if you see an unfamiliar 
acronym or shorthand on-list.  

Inish Alley, in the Database section, lists many HPFGU acronyms, 
what they mean, which characters it refers to, and where to find 
related messages.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/database?
method=reportRows&tbl=28

You can also check out for other HP shorthands:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin_Files/HPfGU_A
bbreviations.txt

KathyK