Ideas or suggestions for slur?

[TimCaloweh]

-Common: insignificant

-Citizen: a sarcastic jab based on the "stay back citizen, I can handle this".

-Zero: based on a power level scale.

[skicoak]

My suggestions...

Empties,
Short threads,
Skeets

[SleepingPoppy]

I thought of FOO like For Organs Only But that sounds really silly when you say it out loud.

Donors? Same meaning, less silly word. Should be obvious from context pretty quickly that it's an insult.

[Swamp]

I mean, IRL, Leech and Parasite are common, but I might recommend staying away from actual slurs and insults.

It could be based on the actual medical designation.

[rmdooley]

Sack, non-magic folks are just a sack of skin and meat.

[Chopythes]

Low-level [sacks like above said]
nopo (or nopow, for no power)
nomag (no magic)
gasbag (as in, all they can produce are farts 8D)

Mine are quite harmless I guess, so they might not fit what you're asking for!

[kip]

i strongly agree with using a spin on a term already known to the readers (like how the fanatstic beasts series used "nonmag"s for non-magical people)
that does beg the question, what are they called in your universe?

[Stardust-clearwater]

That's actually a good point

That said, I'm not sure if there was something for the norms? If having powers was normal then whens the point of giving it a name other than standard ro normal??? like it would be more unusual for the weaklings and the "disabled" to have a designation I think?

Not so sure if that makes much sense though. Hm. More food for thoughts.

[dawgofdawgness]

• ungifted
• nobodies
• ordinaries
• disarmed
• vulnerables???????????

[kip]

I actually meant what’s like, the scientific term for people without magic! you can use that as a base for your slur

also, I think any group of people would always have a term, regardless of statistical position within the world.
For example, neurotypical vs neurodivergent.
even if a group is the “normal”, even if it’s just within the “not-normal” community, they’d have a term. it’s also often necessary for clarification purposes in medical and research papers (you can’t just say “the normal people”)

[indagold]

Well you gotta come up with the idea of the culture and how it developed, thats how slurs developed. Like a bastardization of a word... like no magic could become something like "nomaggies"

or just invent your own out of nothing.

[PaulDevers]

Oooooh, I love word psychology like this.
I'd definitely say, unless you want to physically make up a new word, I'd say do something that's a preexisting word, I like Leech personally.
Something with harsh vowels and a short word; short, sharp words sound meaner in conversation.

[Zaboem]

Clearwaters ( j/k )

Ichibods
Ichibod Crane from Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hallow" was a very average looking man and a school teacher who was deemed undeserving of the prettiest girl in the village. He gets overpowered by a supernatural character and vanishes, presumably killed. The girl gets over the disappearance of her nerd and marries a handsome jock instead.

[Wumbl]

You could call them............. normies. :'^) If I was a magic user I would call non-magic users normies at least.

[IdiotWithPencil]

Blemish
Stains (mudbloods basically) =P
Black eyes (they have no magic in their eyes)
wandless
burdens
children
barbarians
Zeros
Mindless
Powerless
Useless
Brats

or worst of all slurs
politicians :^D

[Rosso]

i always go back to lowlife when in doubt.
works like a charm : P

[silverraven0]

Mud

Dirt

Tool

Ant

Bin (as in trash bin)

I dunno.

[MrDaaark]

Spare Parts / SPART

[Zaboem]

What did you choose, Stardust?

[Stardust-clearwater]

I've opted to go with Zero, Meatbag, and Feral. It's kind of occurred to me that it could be a regional thing so I should probably have a variety of slurs to be used.