newbie
:newbie: /n[y]oo'bee/ 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
Jargon File Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =
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