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