[very common; 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 (the combination
"clueless newbie" is especially common). 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}; see also {gnubie}. Compare
{chainik}, {luser}.
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