Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very small person.
- noun Informal A child.
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- noun informal A
child . - noun informal A
person of veryshort stature . - noun One of the fictional inhabitants of Munchkin Country in the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, who are portrayed as a race of very short people in the 1939 film adaptation The Wizard of Oz.
- noun gaming A player who concentrates solely on increasing his character's power and capabilities.
- noun A
domestic cat breed .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The first words out of the good witches mouth after the wicked witch disappears in munchkin land in a ball of red smoke.
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I said I was happy to play a board game or something though so we played a game called munchkin (I think) the rules of which were a bit of mystery to me and hence I lost - though I did get to be an elf with a very long sword and have a chicken on my head (though apparently the chicken thing was a curse adn bad).
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I said I was happy to play a board game or something though so we played a game called munchkin (I think) the rules of which were a bit of mystery to me and hence I lost - though I did get to be an elf with a very long sword and have a chicken on my head (though apparently the chicken thing was a curse adn bad).
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The concept of me arriving for a conference without my happy little packages of notes and cards, without handling the arrangements for my beloved munchkin, is absurd.
November 2006 2006
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The concept of me arriving for a conference without my happy little packages of notes and cards, without handling the arrangements for my beloved munchkin, is absurd.
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The next munchkin is due in February and hopefully we’ll find out if it is another he or a she in the next fortnight (we seriously do not have the patience not to know these kind of things …) - I’m heading over to the UK and the US from October 9 with the better half and munchkin #1.
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The munchkin is a breed of cat known for its noticeably short legs.
Munchkin Cat Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2010
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The munchkin is a breed of cat known for its noticeably short legs.
Archive 2010-01-01 Michael James 2010
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BITCHY judge Jason Gardiner has poured scorn on Ray Quinn - calling him 'munchkin'
unknown title 2009
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Dunkin' Donuts is a munchkin next to McDonald's, which has more than 14,000 restaurants in the U.S. and had $24 billion in 2010 revenue.
Dunkin' to Fuel Coffee Wars Julie Jargon 2011
crunchysaviour commented on the word munchkin
What a simpering, infuriating word. If munchkin was a stick, I would break it in half, stamp on it and set fire to it.
August 24, 2008
plethora commented on the word munchkin
I like this word because it reminds me of The Wizard of Oz.
I think I need to create an Oz list, actually. It's pretty much consuming my brain at the moment, and will continue to do so until I've finished school.
August 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word munchkin
Crunchysaviour, are you familiar with the little round "donut holes" marketed under this name by Dunkin' Donuts? They're the only reason I think this word is useful. :)
August 24, 2008
crunchysaviour commented on the word munchkin
We do not have Dunkin' Donuts in the UK, nor in Australia... and I daresay that if I were familiar with these things, I would be so infuriated that they were not the actual doughnuts themselves that I would probably hate the word EVEN MORE!!!!
I am glad it has a use, though.
August 25, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word munchkin
What? Who doesn't like donuts?! *shakes head*
August 25, 2008
crunchysaviour commented on the word munchkin
Donuts, no thanks; doughnuts, yes, please! ;)
My point is, why have the hole when you can have the doughnuts?
August 26, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word munchkin
Yes, they're doughnuts... when they're not made by Dunkin' Donuts.
August 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word munchkin
The holes are cheaper.
August 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word munchkin
As long as it tastes good, who cares if it's a doughnut or a donut hole??
Personally, I like these long Italian doughnut-sort-of things that I had at Carnivale a few years ago. I can't remember what they're called though. Maybe Pro can help out?
August 27, 2008
crunchysaviour commented on the word munchkin
If it's cheaper and tastes the same, then I can see how the doughnut hole would be superior.
Do they come with cinnamon sugar?
August 27, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word munchkin
They come in several varieties, crunch, and you can mix and match when you buy them by the dozen.
August 27, 2008
crunchysaviour commented on the word munchkin
Thanks, CB, but I looked at the site and saw the box with "MUNCHKINS" in big letters and it put me right off. I could never eat these. I concede defeat!
August 27, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word munchkin
Well, okay, more for the rest of us then. :)
August 27, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word munchkin
Plethora, which part of Italy did you visit for Carnevale? Because frisjoli longhi are a typical Carnival treat in Sardinia...
August 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word munchkin
Er.. *shifty eyes* I may not have actually been in Italy. There's a Carnevale festival here every year, but this is South Australia, so perhaps it's not the most authentic Italian cuisine... But the bloke selling them was a first generation Italian immigrant. I knew his wife, so he used to sometimes just give me random food. It was quite good.
They weren't quite like that Pro, they were just long sticks. I am beginning to get the suspicion that Dom just made them up.
August 27, 2008
lampbane commented on the word munchkin
Munchkin is also a term for a role-playing gamer who is more interested in exploiting the rules, making their character as powerful as possible, and "winning the game" than they are in actually playing a role.
There is no winning in role-playing games. There is merely dead or not dead.
August 29, 2008
crunchysaviour commented on the word munchkin
Lampbane, you just lost the Game.
August 29, 2008
lampbane commented on the word munchkin
Do I at least get a box of Munchkins™ as a consolation prize?
August 29, 2008