| newbie /n[y]oo'bee/ (Originally from British public-school and military slang variant of "new boy") An inexperienced user of or other system. This term surfaced in the {news:talk.bizarre} but is now in wide use. 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 for a long time but who carefully hides all evidence of having a clue. See . [] (1998-02-18) |
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