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Humungous Bighead... 'It's because of you, Perce,' said George seriously. 'And there'll be little flags on the bonnets, with HB on them - ' ' - for Humungous Bighead' said Fred. - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Chapter 4, the Leaky Cauldron. I have 2 questions: 1) What is HB? As I understand it is not Humungous Bighead. 2) What is Humungous Bighead. As I understand it game of words: humungous is something + enormous and bighead is big + head + probably, there is some more point here. So, it is a joke of two hilarious twins Fred and George, isn't it, but I can't understand it :( Thanks for your help!

Jun 21, 2020 8:12 PM

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HB stands for Head Boy. Percy was given that honor, so Fred and George are teasing him about it. Humongous means enormous, as you said. Somebody with a big head is arrogant. You can also turn “big head” into an adjective and say “he is big headed”, which means the same thing.

June 21, 2020

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