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- noun   Plural form of mundane .
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Examples
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								He, like many living among the "mundanes," is charmed by magic to appear fully human so as not to arouse panic and undue attention from a bipedal, talking wolf walking around the city. Archive 2009-11-01 2009 
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								He, like many living among the "mundanes," is charmed by magic to appear fully human so as not to arouse panic and undue attention from a bipedal, talking wolf walking around the city. Getting Graphic: "Fables: Legends in Exile" by Bill Willingham 2009 
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								Many of his coworkers -- what the science fiction world called "mundanes" -- were aspiring writers who never managed to finish or submit stories. 
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								They think and live in a different mindspace than "mundanes" and there is a communications gap and giant gaps in other areas as to goals, values, interests, approaches to the universe, assumptions.... Making Light: Scholarly works to avoid citing at all costs 2010 
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								Along the way, and partially because the "mundanes," i.e., those who weren't science fiction fans, coöped the term and began mis-using it, it came to mean something different to hardcore fans of the genre. Archive 2009-03-01 Steve Perry 2009 
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								Science fiction fans call non-fans "mundanes," Martial artists believe in their hearts that their arts are superior. How Many Do You Know? Steven Barnes 2008 
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								I don't want to close the field to 'mundanes'; I want to embrace them, to show them exactly why I think SFF is vital, important culture. Archive 2004-02-01 2004 
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								I don't want to close the field to 'mundanes'; I want to embrace them, to show them exactly why I think SFF is vital, important culture. Childhood's End 2004 
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								I don't want to close the field to 'mundanes'; I want to embrace them, to show them exactly why I think SFF is vital, important culture. The Problem of Humor 2004 
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								I don't want to close the field to 'mundanes'; I want to embrace them, to show them exactly why I think SFF is vital, important culture. :criticism 2004 
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