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newbie /n[y]oo'bee/ /n./ [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. 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.
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