munchkin
:munchkin: /muhnch'kin/ n. [from the 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 Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =
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