+barryadams307 Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Harry potter ????? Who came up with that ??? Is there something else that we can call people that don't geocache ??? Quote
+AmphibianTrackers Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 I think it is a little late for that. It is a well used term. Quote
+Panther&Pine Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 HP was not the first use of the term Muggle. It works well enough and is a part of the lingo. Feel free to use another term. Quote
+SeekerOfTheWay Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Mugglers Plunderers Non Geocachers Quote
+barryadams307 Posted August 30, 2011 Author Posted August 30, 2011 Yeah harry poter was the the 1st I had heard of the tearm But I guess it is used in Other ways It's just that I like to think of geocaching as not a kid game but it mostly is :-( that's ok there is a lot of differnt kinda caches out there I like the harder ones wild and crazy ones Quote
+kunarion Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 something else I often use the term "non-cachers", to save the additional time explaining what a "muggle" is. However, when a non-cacher disturbs or steals a cache, I usually say it was "muggled". Go figure. Quote
+EdrickV Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 While the word muggle existed before Harry Potter, the way it is used in Geocaching does come from Harry Potter. (The previous meanings were nothing like the Harry Potter meaning.) We are apparently not the only group using it to describe people who are not in the group. One alternate version that would be more Geocaching specific would be geomuggle. Quote
+SeekerOfTheWay Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 I first heard the word here. I don't what muggle is in Harry Potter. Quote
AZcachemeister Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Heathens Non-believers The unwashed Geo-challenged even... I refuse to use the M-word. Quote
+barryadams307 Posted September 1, 2011 Author Posted September 1, 2011 Yeah I'm not going to use the m word eather I don't see a need To Why and how would you use it ?? What you think people will think when they here you do use it ??? Quote
+WarNinjas Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 I started off calling them mugglers. I have stuck with it. I want to name our next dog Muggler! I think I have said this before but I was geocaching with my daughter when a guy ridding his bike ran into my car. I heard the loud BAM. I look up and said loudly "did that muggler just hit my car"? He got up picked up his bike and took off quick. I went and looked and there was only some tire marks so I didn't get to mad. My daughter just started cracking up and said I wonder what he thought when you called him a muggler. -WarNinjas Quote
+5g Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Harry potter ????? Who came up with that ??? Is there something else that we can call people that don't geocache ??? Not Harry Potters.. Muggles, or mugglers. Never heard of Harry Potters. Quote
knowschad Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Yeah, it's silly. A little embarrassing. Been discussed here roughly 2000 times. Never gonna change, despite the roughly 1500 posts suggesting that it be changed to something else. I don't like it, but I live with it. Quote
+EdrickV Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 I first heard the word here. I don't what muggle is in Harry Potter. In Harry Potter (from what I've seen on Wikipedia) muggle is a term used by wizards to designate non-wizards. Just as Geocachers use it to designate non-Geocachers. Quote
+barryadams307 Posted September 1, 2011 Author Posted September 1, 2011 Why not say non cachers ?? Why do you need to use a word for anouther word ?? Or just make some letters for it like tftc I think that's thanks for the cache ??? I don't like that stuff eather Quote
+Nature Kids Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 What ever you call 'em you'll still be upset, when they muggle your cache.... Quote
+barryadams307 Posted September 1, 2011 Author Posted September 1, 2011 I try to make it so that Geo-cachers can not mess up my caches Quote
+KoosKoos Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 (edited) Why not say non cachers ?? Why do you need to use a word for anouther word ?? Or just make some letters for it like tftc I think that's thanks for the cache ??? I don't like that stuff eather In golf, why do they say Mulligan instead of "do-over"? why bogey instead of "1 over par"? Why do people insist on joining an activity and then question the lingo that grew up as part of the game? If you take yourself too seriously to say muggle, then, fine, don't. It's part of the terminology that grew into the hobby over the last 10+ years, so I don't see it changing any time soon. Edited September 1, 2011 by KoosKoos Quote
+Cybermew3 Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 lol Muggles was the term introduced to me, so I think it will stick Quote
+barryadams307 Posted September 1, 2011 Author Posted September 1, 2011 I know there is no changing it I just think it's a lil silly " dadgum Muggles " haha Quote
+EdrickV Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Why not say non cachers ?? Why do you need to use a word for anouther word ?? Or just make some letters for it like tftc I think that's thanks for the cache ??? I don't like that stuff eather Not everyone actually knows what the word cache even means. (And I mean the general meaning, rather then the Geocaching meaning.) I doubt the average household would talk much about "weapon caches," "cache of supplies" etc. Except maybe in Alaska and similar areas. Muggle on the other hand is a word that a lot more people will probably understand given how popular Harry Potter is. It even got into the Oxford dictionary. (The dictionary meaning I believe is "A person who lacks a certain skill.") Quote
+GeoGeeBee Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 I call them "people." As in, "Hurry up and hide the cache, some people are coming down the trail." Quote
+dfx Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Muggles are those who don't know about jeeks Quote
+tibbermore Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 I'm still fairly new to geocaching (March '11; 158 caches) and thought I was alone in my dislike of the "m" word other than in the Harry Potter context. I think it's sad that a world-wide game/hobby, call it what you will, with a huge following, has borrowed a term from another medium rather than coming up with one of its own, if in fact one is needed. I agree with GeoGeeBee that "people" is ideal when the occasion demands. Quote
MisterEFQ Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Im no fan of Harry Potter. But I really dont understand why people hate that its connected to it. Its not like its Twilight. Quote
+TerraViators Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Muggles may know about jeeks, just not geocaches. Quote
+SeekerOfTheWay Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 If you prefer Lost you can use "The Others" and say it in a dramatic tone. That's fun too. Quote
knowschad Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 I think that a list of barryadams threads would be a great start for an FAQ. Quote
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