Usage of the word Squib in the mid-18th century by Oliver Goldsmith

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No: HPFGUIDX 161673

Debi:
> I belive JK chose the word 'Squib' because in the magical world non
> magic people born to magical family's would be considered
> insignificant, in fact pureblood's look down on Muggles so they
> would consider a Squib even worse than a Muggle. And it seems that
> the magical folk use the word Squib with distaste, as a negative,
> and the Squibs themselves seem almost ashamed of it


Dobby Cat, that makes sense, especially because the meaning according
to the 18th century dictionary is an insignificant somebody and it is
probable that wizards used the word for a long time, say before the
18th century.JKR gave this more thought than I believed initially.

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