Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A contest between drinkers to decide which of them can drink the most.
Wiktionary
- n. in singular or plural, dated A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- n. slang hot chocolate
- v. obsolete To be restless.
- n. A person who has no magical abilities.
- n. skilled or specialized groups A person who lacks a skill or is not a member of the group.
- v. transitive (in geocaching) To remove, deface or destroy a geocache.
Etymologies
- unknown (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Who cares if she took the word muggle from a children’s book in the 80s.”
“True meaning of Harry Potter term 'muggle' is revealed to be marijuana The Hacking Saga Continues: Murdoch Goes to Parliament, a New Arrest is Made”
“Hitler's Joy of Sex: Nazi Leader Reportedly Gave Blow-Up Dolls To Soldiers True meaning of Harry Potter term 'muggle' is revealed to be marijuana The Hacking Saga Continues: Murdoch Goes to Parliament, a New Arrest is Made”
“Cantor: Tempers Flare as Debt Talks Take a Dramatic Turn True meaning of Harry Potter term 'muggle' is revealed to be marijuana Harry Potter: Hail and Farewell to a Hallowed Franchise”
“In a world where magic dominates and where broken limbs can be mended within seconds, physical prowess is a lot less valued than in our "muggle" world.”
“And as it is obviously an imagined world, it can tell me all the more about the world than "muggle" fiction.”
“The clue that set me off was the description of the cache as something a "muggle" would overlook but to a geocacher it would stand out ... made me think of a "portkey".”
“Sounds like "muggle", JKR's word for non magical folk from the Harry Potter series...”
“They bring to life a magical society that exists within our own "muggle" world and that is kept secret by a bureaucracy with its own rules, history, and politics.”
“What kind of muggle would want to do that, you ask?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘muggle’.
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Archaic Words
you might see or hear these at Ren Faire.
ythee, pr'ythee, kiggle koggle, muggle, snaw, snawie, snaw-broo, trowth, ceteras, twihindi, Promptorium Parvu..., abhominable and 6 more...
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JK Rowling's Magical Vocabulary
muggle, pensieve, boggart, animagus, grim, occlumency, polyjuice potion, howler, horcrux, deatheater, gryffindor, ravenclaw and 49 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
niglets, aw, flakey, shiznit, thatch, sexy, bummers, hotty, eargasms, ratchetry, weird, fab and 457 more... -
reginaterra's Words
purl, blow, squish, andean, generality, adaptation, lush, pack, filter, acquiesce, abstraction, sweet and 508 more...
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harry potter words
quidditch, apparate, disapparate, lumos, snitch, pensieve, dementor, azkaban, wingardium, leviosa, horcrux, bludger and 376 more...
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katiefallwest's Words
facetious, hallows, snarky, literati, cantankerous, gryphon, esoteric, fortuitous, impetus, ubiquitous, muggle, colour and 144 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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All Those Jazz Words
Words coined or popularized during the Roaring '20s.
back-seat driver, jalopy, step on it, cop a plea, fuzz, gimmick, hijack, speakeasy, to take (someone)..., cockeyed, scofflaw, shellacked and 74 more...
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ikepela's Words
quixotic, tempestuous, myriad, bubble, chevalier, archaic, soma, springs, strokes, snicker, lunacy, electricityscape and 110 more...
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NessNess* Words
My Favs
plenilune, tarantism, meshugenah, lchaim, vapid, decorum, Brolly, Baruch HaShem, primavera, yoni, and, coraggio and 27 more...
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tlynne2002's Words
colloquialism, credulity, regina, posthumously, plethora, loquacious, verbose, codicil, ancillary, hagridden, sirius, regulus and 50 more...
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neologish
neologisms, etc.
pop culture that has invaded my brain.ishtar, d'oh, jump the shark, truthiness, ginormous, muggle, craptacular, spam, cyberspace, email, excellent, boo yah and 20 more...
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Madeupical words that I love.
Are often defined on Urban Dictionary.
P.S. You may notice my love of Lewis Carrollarachibutyrophobia, brillig, slithy, gyre, gimble, mimsy, outgrabe, frumious, tove, uffish, burble, galumph and 28 more...
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four
another list of good words, yo.
plasma, enology, cayenne, mare's tail, rosehip, hideous, rojak, vigilante, arsenic, scandal, mutiny, espionage and 88 more...
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The God Delusion
apostate, muggle, secular, antediluvian, tetragrammaton, genuflect, apocryphal, festivus, excommunicate, tenet, apostle, eschaton and 7 more...
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smilefeo's Words
masstige, dé jà vu, oneiromancy, hygienia, muggle, supercalifragilis..., comedogenic, lux, unapologetic, uncomplicated, dove, kowtow and 11 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for muggle.
alexz You know you'll find archaic words when an old book has 'archaic words' in the title.
The west Somerset word-book: A glossary of dialectal and archaic ... - Volume 17, Issue 3 - Page 20
books.google.ca/books?id=WVYJAAAAQAAJ
Frederick Thomas Elworthy - 1886
ALL TO A MUGGLE Tau l tue u muug-1]. In a muddle, confusion. Uur zumd awl tue u muug-l, poo ur soal, aa'dr ee duyd, she seemed all to a muggle, poor soul, after he died. Dhu aewz wuz awl tue u muug-l, the house was all to a muggle. Feb 19, 2013
agenttgirl I still have the hope I am not a muggle :) Jul 17, 2011
fehguy A non wizard Mar 20, 2011
jemidan Someone not a member of the "magic" -witch & wizard - community. From the Harry Potter series of books written by J K Rowling.
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oroboros Also used today on NPR's Says You "which is the real definition" segment of the show. Real definition: a man with a tail. Aug 30, 2008
frindley Also a slang term for marijuana (either singular or plural), as I discovered today while reading about Louis Armstrong. Aug 11, 2008
muamor 'Harry could tell that they were Muggles because they remained quite stationary within their pictures, faded smiles and glazed eyes frozen on the paper.' Harry Potter and the deathly hallows. J.K. Rowling. Mar 1, 2008