[stylist] using borrowed words?

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

My off the top of my head answer would be to use it if it has the meaning
you want.  After all, Ms. Rowling did just that when she picked that word to
apply to a witch/wizard with no bang.  /smile/

Tami Smith-Kinney

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] using borrowed words?

Thanks everyone for your advise. "Squib has lots of meanings including
a magically impaired person (from Harry Potter) to a fire cracker.
Here is the list that I found from Wiki on line.

"Squib may refer to:

Squib (explosive), a small explosive
Squib load, a firearms malfunction in which a bullet becomes lodged in
the barrel
Squib (linguistics), a short article that is intended to ignite
thinking and discourse
Squib sailboat, a small sailboat
Squib (weblog), a free, open source, weblog publishing application
written in Ruby programming language
Squib (program), a computer message board system
Squib (Harry Potter), a magically-impaired member of a wizarding
family in Harry Potter
Squib, an alien race in Star Wars
Squib kick, a technique applied to American football kickoffs
West Country Carnival, also known as squibbing, a tradition of the
West Country Carnival in Bridgwater, where by 140 squib fireworks are
held aloft at the end of the procession
Squib (Australian Slang), an action lacking in courage"

Since it's been used before both in star trek and Harry potter does
that make it more or less viable for me to use?

Helene




On 30/04/2009, slery <slerythema at insightbb.com> wrote:
> No. You would need to create your own word. This is a Harry Potter phrase
> and is only applicable to that world.
>
> Cindy
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:04 AM
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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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