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De - Pt| English Dictionary: newbie | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for newbie | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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newbie /n[y]oo'bee/ n. [verry 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. 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}. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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newbie and military slang variant of "new boy") An inexperienced user of {Usenet} or other system. This term surfaced in the {newsgroup} {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 {Usenet} for a long time but who carefully hides all evidence of having a clue. See {BIFF}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-02-18) | |
