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.
Tolkien's The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist and titular character of J.R.R. Tolkien 's classic fantasy novel, The Hobbit (originally titled The Hobbit, or There and Back Again). In Tolkien's Middle Earth, Bilbo is a hobbit, a shy, conservative member of a race of small, hairy-footed burrowers who keep to themselves in The Shire. He is conned by the wizard Gandalf into going on an adventure, and in the course of his episodic quests he grows from reluctant bystander to confident hero.