1. newbie /n[y]oobee/ Originally from British public-school 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]2. any new participant in some activity
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