Nicknames

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 185555

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > Geoff:
> > <snip>
> > 
> > That apart, what about "Snivellus"?
> >
> Carol responds:
> 
> That's not a nickname. It's an undeserved taunt by an enemy.
> 
> Carol, who finds it hard to forgive Sirius for adding that particular
> bit to the torment of Severus after James had tripped him and
> retaining it all those years

Geoff:
But I suspect that it was used by the Marauders more than once; it 
seems an unlikely spur-of-the-moment choice. To me, it would 
be a nickname.

{Nickname > noun A familiar or humorous name for a person or 
thing. (Reader's Digest Word Power Dictionary)}

It doesn't have to be pleasant humour...

On the same topic, I wonder whether Draco used "Scarhead" anywhere 
else than sitting on a broomstick?