[stylist] using borrowed words?

[slery]

No. You would need to create your own word. This is a Harry Potter phrase
and is only applicable to that world.

Cindy

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> I'm wondering what the rules are on using words that another 
> writer has made up.
> 
> The word I have in mind is squib. For those who haven't read 
> harry Potter a squib is someone who comes from a magical 
> family but is not magical themselves. I have a few 'squibs' 
> in a deafblind girl.
> 
> Would I be able to use this word in my novel or would I have 
> to make up another?
> 
> Helene
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