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'''Newbie''' is a slang term for a newcomer to an ] activity, for example ]. It can also be used to indicate an individual inexperienced in any other activity. It can have derogatory connotations, but is also often used for descriptive purposes only, without a value judgment. |
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== History == |
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The word newbie is a variant of '' 'new boy' '' and comes from British ] and military ]{{Fact|date=August 2008}}. |
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In the 1960s the term "newbie" also had a limited usage among U.S. troops in the ] as a slang term for a new man in a unit.<ref>Entry for ''newbie'' in John Robert Elting, Ernest L. Deal, and Dan Cragg, ''A Dictionary of Soldier Talk'' (New York: Scribner, 1984), 209. ISBN 0684178621</ref> |
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Its earliest known usage on the Internet may have been on the ] newsgroup ].<ref name="esr">{{cite web|url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/N/newbie.html |title=newbie |publisher=Catb.org |date= |accessdate=2009-05-05}}</ref> The term is believed to have entered online usage by 1981.<ref>{{cite web|author=Barbara Dyker View profile More options |url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac/msg/68659de9d2d8e42d?hl=en |title=Post to ''comp.sys.mac'' in 1988 |publisher=Groups.google.com |date=1988-05-31 |accessdate=2009-05-05}}</ref> |
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== Variants == |
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Coming from an ], the term has variant spellings, including "newbee" (e.g. Los Angeles Times of August 1985: ''"It had to do with newbees. I could be wrong on the spelling, but newbees are the rookies among the Blue Angels..."''). |
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Internet usage of the full spelling of "newbie" has not been as widely used as shortened forms.{{Fact|date=June 2009}} A common variant, usually use more than actual word, is "n00b" or "noob", in many cases a negative term where it ] refers to users who disrupt other users.{{Fact|date=February 2009}} Other spellings include "newb", "nub", "nooblet", "n00blet", or any version of these written in ]. |
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== See also == |
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* ], another term for someone new to a unit used in the ]. |
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* Newbie is the surname of a fictional family in '']'' computer game series. |
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