2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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newbie
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/n[y]oobee/ , n. [very common; orig. from British public-school and military
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slang variant of new boy ] A Usenet neophyte. This term surfaced in the
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newsgroup talk.bizarre but is now in wide use (the combination clueless
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newbie is especially common). Criteria for being considered a newbie vary
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wildly; a person can be called a newbie in one newsgroup while remaining a
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respected regular in another. The label newbie is sometimes applied as a
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serious insult to a person who has been around Usenet for a long time but
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who carefully hides all evidence of having a clue. See B1FF ; see also
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gnubie. Compare chainik , luser.
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