RE: The meaning of "mugwump"...
Yesterday, 08:19 AM (This post was last modified: Yesterday, 08:20 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
Yesterday, 08:19 AM (This post was last modified: Yesterday, 08:20 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
As I recall, the Mugwumps were a political party in the United States during the early-middle 19th century. Humorist Richard Armour, in his book It All Started with Columbus, described them as dedicated fence-sitters, "with their mugs on one side and their wumps on the other" (a phrase which has stayed with me for more than 50 years, along with my memory of the associated illustration).
I suspect that's the sense in which it was intended. But given what we know of the Wizarding World... <grin>
I suspect that's the sense in which it was intended. But given what we know of the Wizarding World... <grin>
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....