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What (who) is munchkin - definition

FICTIONAL ETHNIC GROUP FROM THE OZ SERIES BY L. FRANK BAUM

Munchkins; Donna Stewart-Hardaway; Franz Balluck; Josefine Balluck; John T. Bambury; Munchiken; Mike Balluck; The Munchkins; John Bambury

munchkin

/muhnch'kin/ [Squeaky-voiced little people in L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz"] A teenage-or-younger micro enthusiast hacking BASIC or something else equally constricted. A term of mild derision - munchkins are annoying but some grow up to be hackers after passing through a larval stage. The term urchin is also used. See also wannabee, bitty box. [Jargon File]

munchkin

¦ noun N. Amer. informal a child.

Origin

from the Munchkins, depicted as a race of small childlike creatures, in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

Munchkin

A Munchkin is a native of the fictional Munchkin Country in the Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchkin

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Munchkin

A Munchkin is a native of the fictional Munchkin Country in the Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum. They first appear in the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) where they welcome Dorothy Gale to their city in Oz. The Munchkins are described as being the same height as Dorothy and they wear only shades of blue clothing, as blue is the Munchkins' favorite color. Blue is also the predominating color that officially represents the eastern quadrant in the Land of Oz. The Munchkins have appeared in various media, including the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, as well as in various other films and comedy acts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchkin

Examples of use of munchkin

1. Clearly, Eve wanted to do more than play a Munchkin; she aspired to become a Munchkin.

2. Click here to see Heed with his Munchkin mother Mo Mo...

3. "I‘m going to be a Munchkin." A lump formed in my throat.

4. Brown: H. floresiensis, as well as H. erectus, may have descended from a munchkin ancestor.

5. Today‘s Birthdays: Actor Meinhardt Raabe (the Munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of Oz") is '3.