munchkin

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

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}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

munchkin
urchin

   /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}]

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