muggle

muggle

Anyone who is not knowledgeable about or skilled in some particular area of interest or expertise. Based on the term coined by J.K. Rowling in her Harry Potter series, in which it refers to a non-magical person. After being at an anime convention all weekend long, it's always a bit daunting having to go back to work on Monday and be surrounded by muggles again. My father-in-law is a total muggle when it comes to computers.

muggles

obsolete slang Marijuana. I'm looking to score some muggles—could you hook me up?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

muggle

n. someone ignorant about computers, programming, or hacking. (From the name for nonsorcerers in the Harry Potter series of books.) This software is great for muggles. It’s also drool-proof.

muggles

n. marijuana. (From the early twentieth century. Long before Harry Potter.) Where can I score some of that muggles?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • muggles
  • triple threat
  • tech-nerd
  • be well aware of (something)
  • be well aware of something
  • feel out of things
  • fait
  • be au fait with
  • be (not) well up on (something)
  • be well up on something
References in periodicals archive
Whether that be Diagon Alley, the Oxford Street of the magical world, or even the Ministry of Magic, filmed in the heart of the muggle government quarter in Westminster.
These coins can be earned through gameplay, or you can buy them with your heard-earned muggle money.
Regular Muggle buildings will transform into Inns, Fortresses, and more.
According to Rowling "when Hogwarts' plumbing became more elaborate in the 18th century (this was a rare instance of wizards copying Muggles, because hitherto they simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence), the entrance to the Chamber was threatened, being located on the site of a proposed bathroom."
The counterpart to Aurors in the Muggle world would be police officers and the military since they both work towards safeguarding their community or country against large-scale threat that may be detrimental to their security.
This year, muggles will finally get the chance they have always been waiting for and get to see what it's like to be a real wizard.
MUGGLES have been desperate to get their hands on important Harry Potter memorabilia from over the years.
When the clock struck midnight on Saturday, muggles all over Britain were able to get their hands on a prized copy of the latest Harry Potter adventure - Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.
In the magical world, the muggles and muggle borns were completely exploited and ridiculed by the death eaters.
"Her father, a minor functionary in the Muggle Liaison Office, met her Muggle mother (a failed actress) when the latter was attacked by a Lethifold disguised as a stage curtain."
The Harry Potter universe is divided into the Wizarding world and the Muggle world.
There are long stretches of dull tedium (and jargon Potter's army of muggle fans will fully understand) but, with that said, there are moments where you can't help but be intrigued.
They were originally scheduled to appear at "Muggle Mayhem 2" where Charity Proceeds from that show were to be donated to The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Scotland.
"Grace (Connor, a senior at Nashoba from Lancaster) and I were first introduced to Muggle Quidditch over the summer by a friend of ours," Bedding said.
The Vatican newspaper said the fact that the teen stars are starting to experience a bit of romance, "with the right balance, makes them more credible" because "they are called to face the same problems as their 'Muggle' peers." In the "Harry Potter" series "Muggles" are people not endowed with magical powers.