HEEP

a character in the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens . He is David’s clerk and, although he pretends to want to serve him well, in reality he cheats him. His name is sometimes used for someone who pretends to show great respect but is not sincere. An album by a band called Uriah Heep has the title ‘Very ’eavy... very ’umble’, which refers to Uriah Heep’s phrase in the novel, ‘Ever so ’umble’.