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Midget

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A very small person (or thing).

Midget is a picturesque but somewhat disparaging term.

It is the diminutive of midge (the insect), and who wants to be a mini-midge? A more correct term today for a very small person is dwarf or little person.

The notion that a midget is (as some dictionaries state) a 'normal dwarf, a person who is unusually short...but is not deformed' is incorrect.

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