Use of the term "Dark Lord" (WAS: Snape's first class)

[tbernhard2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 134956

~Maitresse wrote:

> Was anyone confused by Snape saying the Dark Lord in front of his 
> entire class? It seemed kind of odd to me that he would not use "You-
> know-who", if he was supposed to be pretending to be on the side of 
> the good. Why would say the Dark Lord when only his followers refer to 
> him as that?

This needs to be made into a FAQ, this question.

The term is used, on cursory glance, by Albus, Peter, Ginny, Ernie,
Draco, Lucius, Harry, Snape (in GOF, in from of Fudge), Fudge,
Karkaroff... The last, Karkaroff, uses it when ingratiating himself to
the ministry in GOF, so the term, though the exclusive one for DE
members, is not at all exclusive to them. It's more like the poetic
form, the casual form, say.

dan