/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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