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-{{redir|Noob|the Mortal Kombat character|Noob Saibot}}
-'''Newbie''' is a slang term for a [[wikt:novice|novice]] or [[wikt:newcomer|newcomer]], or somebody inexperienced in any profession or activity. Contemporary use can particularly refer to a beginner or new user of computers, often concerning [[Internet]] activity, such as [[Online game|online gaming]].<ref>http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Masonry/Misc/welaish.html</ref> It can have derogatory connotations, but is also often used for descriptive purposes only, without a value judgment.
-The term's origin is uncertain. Earliest uses probably date to late twentieth century U.S. military jargon, though possible precursor terms are much earlier. Variant forms of the noun include newby and newbee, while the related term [[Leet#n00b|noob]] (often spelt n00b) is often used in online gaming.
-==History==
-Its etymology is uncertain. It may derive from "newie", which is attested in U.S. and Australian sources of the 1850s and means a neophyte in a place or situation; alternatively, it may derive from the British [[Independent school (UK)|public school]] slang "new boy", which is attested to the same era and was applied to a schoolboy in his first term.<ref name="oed">"[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00323814 newbie]" ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989, ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, (subscription needed) March 08, 2010.</ref>
-In the 1960s–1970s the term "newbie" had a limited usage among U.S. troops in the [[Vietnam War]] as a slang term for a new man in a unit.<ref>Entry for ''newbie'' in John Robert Elting, Ernest L. Deal, and Dan Cragg, ''A Dictionary of Soldier Talk'', New York: [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]], 1984, p. 209. ISBN 0-684-17862-1</ref> Its earliest known usage on the Internet may have been on the [[Usenet]] newsgroup ''[[talk.bizarre]]''.<ref name="esr">{{cite web|url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/N/newbie.html |title=Newbie |publisher=Catb.org |work=[[Jargon File]] |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2009}}</ref> The term is believed to have entered online usage by 1981.<ref>{{cite newsgroup |title=Re: some (should-be) ground-rules for submissions to comp.binaries.* |author=Dyker, Barbara |date=June 1, 1988 |newsgroup=comp.sys.mac |url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac/msg/68659de9d2d8e42d?hl=en |accessdate=May 5, 2009}}</ref>
-==Variants==
-Coming from an oral tradition, the term has variant spellings. Among alternative forms are newby, nubie, and "newbee" (e.g. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' of August 1985: ''"It had to do with newbees. I could be wrong on the spelling, but newbees are the rookies among the Blue Angels..."'').<ref name="oed"/>
-Two related terms are "newb", a beginner who is willing to learn; and "[[Leet#n00b|noob]]" (often spelt "n00b" or "nub"), a derogatory name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/23/words-online-gaming-opinions-books-newbs.html|title=Gamer Speak for Newbs|work=[[Forbes]] |author=Broek, Anna Vander |date=April 23, 2009|accessdate=February 16, 2010}}</ref> "noob" was among candidates for the one-millionth English word selection by the [[Global Language Monitor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/5285085/One-millionth-English-word-could-be-defriend-or-noob.html|title=One millionth English word could be 'defriend' or 'noob'|work=telegraph.co.uk |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|Telegraph Media Group]] |date=May 6, 2009|author=Moore, Matthew|accessdate=February 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.languagemonitor.com/news/millionth-word-finalists-announced038 |title=The Global Language Monitor: Millionth Word Finalists Announced |work=[[Global Language Monitor]] |quote=N00b&nbsp;– From the Gamer Community; a neophyte in playing a particular game; used as a disparaging term. |date=May 29, 2009 |accessdate=September 18, 2009}}</ref>
-==See also==
-* [[FNG syndrome|FNG]], another term for someone new to a unit used in the [[Vietnam War]].
-* [[Layman]]
-==References==
-{{Reflist|2}}
-==External links==
-{{wiktionary|newbie}}
-* [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newbie Merriam Webster on Newbie]
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