It had been a fairly slow day of classes…which hadn't exactly been a bad thing, it had been almost relaxing. It had just been a fairly long day and they were all relieved to relax in front of the fire...until Hermione had dropped a stack of parchment in front of them and 'encouraged' them to start the homework they had received that day that very minute.
"Aww, c'mon Hermione..." Ron threw his quill back down on the parchment.
"If you get it out of the way now, you'll have all day to muck around tomorrow outside." Hermione already had five inches and she was going strong, her quill flying across the page as she spoke. "C'mon Ron, it's only a 30 inch essay! Just do it"
Grumbling, Ron dipped his quill in the ink and then looked over Harry's shoulder at what he was writing.

An hour and a half later Ron finally threw down his quill with a content sigh. It hadn't taken as long as he had dreaded and truthfully he was glad he had finished it early and it was now out of the way. Hermione took both his and Harry's, offering to proof read them for them like she usually did while Ron ran up to his dorm to get the Wizards Chess set he had, Harry offering him a game an hour ago just to get Ron to shut up and stop distracting them. Soon they were well into the game with a few around them, it was still fairly early in the night.
As Hermione looked over Ron's homework to double check it, she came along a word, which she didn't exactly know the meaning of. Which meant it was made-up and couldn't possibly exist.
"Ron, what is this word supposed to be?" She shoved the parchment back under his nose and pointed to the word with the end of her quill.
He looked at it for a moment before he turned back to his game against Harry. "Snorking"
"And what's that supposed to mean exactly?" Hermione waved her wand in the direction of the game, freezing all play. "It's not a real word Ron"
"Yeah it is." He waved his wand in retaliation, but nothing happened. "Hermione"
"It is no Ron. What does it mean then?" she held her own wand out of grasp as he tried to restart the game again.
"It means…you know!" he looked annoyed at her lack of understanding. "Harry, tell her what it means"
"I've never heard it before." Harry answered honestly, making Hermione beam.
"I'll change it." Hermione waved her wand again over the game and turned back to her table.
"No you won't!" Ron protested. "Leave it in! It's the exact word I want to use"
"But it's made-up! What does it mean?" Hermione sighed, shoving the parchment back at him before he ripped it. "It doesn't need a meaning, that's what is so great about it!" Ron replied stubbornly. "Snorking is simply snorking! That's it!"