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| == History == | == History == | ||
| What you are|work=telegraph.co.uk|date=06 May 2009|author=Moore, Matthew|accessdate=2010-02-16}}</ref> | |||
| Newbie has also been considered a variant of ''new baby''. 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> 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> | |||
| == Variants == | |||
| 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..."''). | |||
| Two derived terms are "newb", a beginner who is willing to learn; and "noob", a derogatory name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/23/words-online-gaming-opinions-books-newbs.html|title=Gamer Speak for Newbs|work=Forbes|author=Anna Vander Broek|date=04.23.09|accessdate=2010-02-16}}</ref> The latter term was considered as the one-millionth English word by the Global Language Monitor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/5285085/One-millionth-English-word-could-be-defriend-or-noob.html|title=One millionth English word could be 'defriend' or 'noob'|work=telegraph.co.uk|date=06 May 2009|author=Moore, Matthew|accessdate=2010-02-16}}</ref> | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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Newbie is a slang term for a newcomer to an Internet activity, for example online gaming. 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.
History
What you are|work=telegraph.co.uk|date=06 May 2009|author=Moore, Matthew|accessdate=2010-02-16}}</ref>
See also
- FNG, another term for someone new to a unit used in the Vietnam War.
- Newbie is the surname of a fictional family in The Sims computer game series.