"Muggle" makes good!

[Amy Z]

Quite some time ago, David wrote:

 
> > Again, I am waiting for the rise of the word Muggle to describe 
> > those not in the know or not able to follow a technical subject, 
> > e.g. for civil servants to describe the public as 'the Muggles'.  
I 
> > haven't heard it yet, but it's so obvious I feel it's got to 
happen.

>From your mouth to the OED's ears.  "Muggle" in the JKR sense, 
including this figurative meaning, is one of the newest crop to be 
OED-approved:

http://dictionary.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0303.htm

If you don't subscribe to the online OED, despair not.  The 
definition is graciously quoted by a The Leaky Cauldron 
reader/contributor named George.  See today's entry at 

www.the-leaky-cauldron.org

Amy