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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>munchkin</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="munching-squares.html" title="munching squares"/><link rel="next" href="mundane.html" title="mundane"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">munchkin</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="munching-squares.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mundane.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="munchkin"/><dt xmlns="" id="munchkin"><b>munchkin</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/muhnch´kin/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the squeaky-voiced little people in L. Frank Baum's
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<i class="citetitle">The Wizard of Oz</i>] A teenage-or-younger micro
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enthusiast hacking BASIC or something else equally constricted. A term of
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mild derision — munchkins are annoying but some grow up to be hackers
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after passing through a <a href="../L/larval-stage.html"><i class="glossterm">larval stage</i></a>. The term
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<a href="../U/urchin.html"><i class="glossterm">urchin</i></a> is also used. See also
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<a href="../W/wannabee.html"><i class="glossterm">wannabee</i></a>, <a href="../B/bitty-box.html"><i class="glossterm">bitty box</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="munching-squares.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mundane.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">munching squares </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> mundane</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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