Mackerel snapper topic Mackerel snapper  was once a sectarian slur for Roman Catholics , originating in the United States in the 1850s. It referred to the Catholic discipline of Friday abstinence from red meat and poultry, for which fish was substituted.
Follow @TIMECulture. Admit it: you were pronouncing the word âSmaugâ â the name of the Hobbit dragon, the one whoâs in the subtitle of the upcoming movie installation â as âsmog.â.
RE: Gollum (aka Smeagol) was supposed to have been a Hobbit once.. Actually, Gollum was not originally a hobbit, not Smeagol. He was an odd, one-off monster who did have a grandmother, but no connection with hobbits until nearly 20 years after the book's publication.