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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
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 Vietnam War as a slang term for a new man in a unit. Its earliest known usage on the Internet may have been on the USENET newsgroup talk.bizarre. The term is believed to have entered online usage by 1981.
Variants
Coming from an oral tradition, 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. The latter term was considered as the one-millionth English word by the Global Language Monitor.
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.
References
- 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
- "Newbie". Catb.org. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- Barbara Dyker View profile More options (1988-05-31). "Post to ''comp.sys.mac'' in 1988". Groups.google.com. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- Anna Vander Broek (04.23.09). "Gamer Speak for Newbs". Forbes. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Moore, Matthew (06 May 2009). "One millionth English word could be 'defriend' or 'noob'". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
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