i need to find out! it is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Half Blooded Prince on page 6, 11th line. The line reads "You're - you're not a hoax, then?"
2007-07-24 18:03:03 · 4 answers · asked by Tiffany 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Ah yes Muggle Prime Minister said that... he wanted to know if the whole wizarding thing was fake.
2007-07-24 19:02:07 · answer #1 · answered by xx. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The muggle Prime Minister was freaking out that the Minister of Magic was real and not something to scare him out of office, or a set up by his political opponents. There isn't a magical connotation to the word "hoax". It just means a lie or a scam of some sort.
2007-07-25 10:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by Selphie-Rin-chan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hoax is just a more sophisticated synonym of fake. It can be used in common speech, not just the book. Here is the entire definition:
Hoax - An act intended to deceive or trick
2007-07-25 03:11:32 · answer #3 · answered by Crazyauthor97 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not real and a fraud
2007-07-25 01:06:49 · answer #4 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋