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Harry potter magical words11/27/2023 ![]() Since the wizards are afraid of summoning him, he is also known as He Who Must Not Be Named, which comes in handy in everyday life as well to refer to someone who should be kept out of the conversation. Lord Voldemort: The name of Harry Potter's archenemy can be used to refer to someone supremely diabolical. You can also call someone who doesn't understand you or annoys you a muggle.īeyond muggle, some similar terms from the Harry Potter universe are pureblood (a magical person with no Muggle blood), squib (a non-magical person born into a magical family), mudblood (a magical person born into a Muggle family), and halfblood (a magical person with one Muggle-born parent). ![]() From the original meaning, "a person who possesses no magical powers," it's been extended to mean "a person who lacks particular skills" - for instance, used by computer hackers to describe non-hackers. Muggle is the Potterism that has crossed over the most into everyday usage (it even has an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary). He compiled this quick guide to Potterisms. On Friday's Morning Edition, he talks with host Mary Louise Kelly about the special vocabulary that's arisen from Harry Potter books and films - the last of which, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, opens this weekend. He's the really (really) bad guy.īen Zimmer runs the web site Visual Thesaurus, which maps words and their relationships to each other. ![]() If you don't know who this fellow is (that's Ralph Fiennes playing him), you can find out in the Harry Potter vocabulary below. ![]()
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