Glossary

Mad • Glossary

No-Maj • Glossary • Titles, nicknames, and honorifics Shortened term for “No Magic” – American Wizarding slang for Muggles, or non-magical humans (Pm, WFT). Read More

Manky • Glossary Bad, inferior, defective, dirty (NSOED). Read More

Market Town • Glossary A town where a market – what a lot of people in the U.S. would probably think of as a farmer’s market – is held regularly. Several surrounding villages would be connected with a market town, so that farmers in the villages would go to the market town to buy… Read More

Marquee • Glossary A very large tent, especially when used for public events like fairs (NSOED). Read More

Mate • Glossary Friend. Read More

Mental • Glossary U.S.: crazy, insane. Read More

Mercy Lewis • Glossary An American wizarding exclamation (WFT). Read More

Take the Mickey • Glossary Tease or ridicule. Read More

Misper • Glossary A verbal abbreviation (slang) used by the UK police to refer to a “missing person”. A misper report is usually made directly to the police. Read More

Missus • Glossary Used as a form of address when speaking to an older woman, especially one who is a stranger to the speaker (NSOED). Read More

Money-Spinner • Glossary Something that makes a lot of money. While the word can be used to apply to a person rather than a thing, that’s less common. (NSOED). Read More

Moor • Glossary A moor is a broad tract of open land, often high but poorly drained, with patches of heath and peat bogs. Read More

Mullioned • Glossary

Mum • Glossary Diminutive of Mother; US: Mom. Read More

Mummy • Glossary The preserved remains of a body, human or animal, from which fluids have been removed. Although mummification can occur through natural processes in very dry conditions, the most common conception of a mummy is that of one deliberately embalmed as a preparation for burial, for which additional preservative measures have… Read More