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muggle
 n.Note: Borrowed from J.K. Rowling’s books about Harry Potter. «He glanced around to make sure no muggles were watching. UF’s campus is crawling with muggles, the term for those oblivious to the worldwide scavenger hunt known as geocaching.» —“High-tech hunt” by Jessie Coleman in University of Florida-Gainesville Alligator Oct. 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • Is being used by other affinity groups to refer to non-initiates. e.g., in fandom for non-fannish people. Very similar in usage to the longstanding use of “mundane” as a noun.

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