Neville Longbottom

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Etymology

In reference to actor Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter film series. Lewis was perceived to have become significantly more attractive as an adult.

Verb

Neville Longbottom (third-person singular simple present Neville Longbottoms, present participle Neville Longbottoming, simple past and past participle Neville Longbottomed)

  1. (Internet slang) To unexpectedly become significantly more attractive after going through puberty.
    • 2017 April 21, Ellie Bate, “20 Child Stars Who Have Neville Longbottomed Pretty Damn Hard”, in BuzzFeed, archived from the original on 2022-12-26:
      But he's not the only member of the Harry Potter gang who Longbottomed. In fact, they all did. So let's take a look at this ridiculously gorgeous cast then vs. now...
    • 2019 November 12, Sabrina Barr, “The actor who played Neville Longbottom in 'Harry Potter' told Tom Felton to 'speak for yourself' after the Malfoy actor said 'aging's a b----'”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 15 June 2023:
      The 30-year-old's comment has garnered more than 20,000 likes, with several Instagram users making the assumption that he was referencing the fact that he "Neville Longbottomed."

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