Severus Snape

plural Severus Snapes

1. A villain or antagonist.

   Phil, the lead guitarist, would have a sneer on his face worthy of Severus Snape.

   2017, Eva Scott, Red Dust Runaway, Escape Publishing

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   belt. It was not easy to put the Soviets on the path to redemption. The Soviet Union was not the Severus Snape of the world—it was rather more like Lord Voldemort. Its transgressions were great, and that meant it would have to fight hard for redemption.

   2021, Mark LaVoie, Reagan’s Soviet Rhetoric: Telling the Soviet Redemption Story, Bloomsbury Publishing, pages 96-97

   It's at about this time after reeling over that list of "can't have" foods that people start to look at me as if I've sprouted 17 new heads. I know, it sounds like a challenge. It's at times like these that I feel like the Severus Snape of the food world: I'm the killjoy with a bunch of mean rules that are designed to make you suffer... but all the while, I've actually been working on a plan for your own good. Really. I promise. Pinky swear.

   2015, Rachael Bryant, Nourish: The Paleo Healing Cookbook, Easy Yet Flavorful Recipes that Fight Autoimmune Illnesses from Celiac Disease and Arthritis, to Multiple Sclerosis and More, Page Street Publishing, page 13

   Halfway through my talk, a Consultant — the Severus Snape of the department — interrupted me and asked, "Describe the anatomical pathway of the 3rd cranial nerve, doctor." Now I have actually temporarily retained this information on three separate occasions in my life before impending exams, but this was not one of those occasions.

   2023, Peter Cackett, Pete's Bogus Journey: An Autobiographical Descent Through A Career In Medicine, World Scientific Publishing Company, page 79

   "Not that way," Severus Snape drawled from the front passenger seat. Okay, not really Snape, but God ... zilla, a talking brown anole lizard with an attitude to match his namesake.

   2012, JB Lynn, Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman, HarperCollins