muggle

A non- wizard. Not as disparaging as luser ; implies vague pity rather than
contempt. In the universe of Rowling's enormously (and deservedly) popular
children's series, muggles and wizards inhabit the same modern world, but
each group is ignorant of the commonplaces of the others' existence most
muggles are unaware that wizards exist, and wizards (used to magical ways of
doing everything) are perplexed and fascinated by muggle artifacts. In
retrospect it seems completely inevitable that hackers would adopt this
metaphor, and in hacker usage it readily forms compounds such as
muggle-friendly. Compare luser , mundane , chainik , newbie.

