[W/K] :: newbie

  newbie
       n : any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer, fledgling,
            fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, entrant]

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

  newbie
       
           /n[y]oo'bee/ (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]
       
          (1998-02-18)