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.
âGollum referring to the Ring. Gollum, originally known as SmÃ©agol (or Trahald), was at first a Stoor, one of the three early Hobbit-types. The name Gollum was derived from the sound of his disgusting gurgling, choking cough. His birth can be estimated to have happened in the year TA 2430. His death date is given as March 25, 3019.