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.
Smaug appears as the titular primary antagonist in the second film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The first film portrayed him as a four-legged dragon with wings on his back; the design in the second film depicted Smaug with wings on his arms like a bat.