Meaning & use
midget
An informal, now widely considered offensive, term for a person of unusually short stature, or something notably smaller than usual.
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The company renamed its 'midget' pancakes to 'mini pancakes' to avoid the outdated term.
Old carnival posters advertised a troupe of performers billed with the now-offensive word midget.
A note on using this word
Miget is a common misspelling of midget; the word is now considered derogatory when applied to people, and terms like 'little person' are preferred.
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