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Looking for a word
BjustaB:
I am guessing that this group would probably be the best to help me with a word issue. I am looking for a word that means non-magical or non-mystical. The closest word I can come up with is “mundane” but that word also has the connotation of boring and I don’t want to convey that at all. When my main character and her friends use the word they are only being descriptive not judgmental.
I have turned the thesaurus upside down and still am not finding the word I am looking for. Any ideas? Since the novel is set in this world, urban setting, I cannot make up a word – it needs to be something readily recognizable.
Thanks,
Barbara
Josh:
How about "grounded"?
Unaffected...
Ordinary...
Uncomplicated...
Conventional...
Just throwing out ones as they come...
blgarver:
If it isn't magic, then of course it's boring!
Perhaps you should try making up a word. Like "Muggles" in Harry Potter.
Orissa:
"normals" has been used for such a description in something, but I can't for the life of me remember where I'd heard it!
Yeratel:
I'm not sure "unpowered" is a real word, how about "the unempowered" ?
When people who are clued in on something refer to those who are clueless, they often refer to them as "the straights", which I think most readers would understand.
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