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newbie

noun
/ˈnjuːbi/

Etymology

Uncertain: perhaps an alteration of newie with intrusive b (compare freebie), possibly a blend of newborn + baby, or perhaps a shortening of new boy or new beginner.

  1. borrowed from Baby
  2. borrowed from ബേബി
  3. compounded as newbie — “newborn + baby”

Definitions

  1. A newcomer, someone new to something.

    • He was a newbie to chemistry.
    • We’ve included some other acts you already know so you’ll get a feel for what the newbies sound like.
    • If you’re starting off skinny, you can probably get newbie gains for several months.

  2. A new user or participant

    A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.

  3. Anything recently introduced into a setting, especially something that replaces an older…

    Anything recently introduced into a setting, especially something that replaces an older version.

    • If you find that you would prefer using the new printer most of the time, while using the original only when needed, you can make the newbie the default printer for your system.

The neighborhood

Derived

-bie, cluebie, don't bite the newbie, newb, newbie gains, newbieness, noob, n00b, nub

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for newbie. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA