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'''Newbie''' (also said as nooby or newby) is a slang term for a newcomer to [[online gaming]] or an [[Internet]] activity. It can also be used for any other activity in whose context a somewhat clueless newcomer could exist. It can have derogatory connotations, but is also often used for descriptive purposes only, without a value judgement.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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'''''Newbie'''''{{efn|Also '''''newb''''', '''''noob''''', '''''newby''''', '''''newbie''''', '''''newbee''''', '''''noobie''''', '''''n00b''''', '''''nub''''', and '''''nubie'''''.}} is a [[slang]] term for a [[wikt:novice|''novice'']], [[wikt:newcomer|''newcomer'']], or somebody inexperienced in a given profession or activity. In particular, it may refer to a new user of [[Computer|computers]], and often concerns [[Internet]] activity, such as [[Online game|online gaming]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Masonry/Misc/welaish.html |title=MIT.edu |publisher=Web.mit.edu |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708225739/http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Masonry/Misc/welaish.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> or [[Linux]] use.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linuxquestions.org/ |title=LinuxQuestions.org |publisher=LinuxQuestions.org |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010101/https://www.linuxquestions.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ubuntuforums.org/ |title=Ubuntu Forums |publisher=Ubuntu Forums |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503233544/https://ubuntuforums.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The origin of this term is uncertain. Earliest uses probably date to late twentieth century [[United States Armed Forces]] [[Military slang|jargon]], though possible precursor terms date much earlier. The related term '''noob''' (often stylized as ''[[Leet#n00b|n00b]]'') is frequently used in online gaming. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The etymology of the term is uncertain. It may derive from "newie", which is attested in U.S. and Australian sources of the 1850s, meaning a neophyte in a place or situation; alternatively, it may derive from the British [[Independent school (UK)|public school]] slang "new boy" or "new blood", which is attributed 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327185742/https://public.oed.com/help/ |date=March 27, 2020 }}" ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989, ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, (subscription needed) March 8, 2010.</ref> |
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The word newbie is a variant of '' 'new boy' '' and comes from British [[public school]] and military [[slang]]{{Fact|date=August 2008}}. |
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In the 1960s and 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> |
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Another use of the term newbee was the moniker given to new U.S. Navy recruit students attending Basic Electricity and Electronics school by more senior students, a requisite course prior to enrollment in the A-school course at Naval Air Technical Training Center, [[Millington, Tennessee]].{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} |
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Its earliest known usage on the Internet may have been on the [[USENET]] newsgroup [[talk.bizarre]]<ref name="esr">http://catb.org/jargon/html/N/newbie.html</ref>, and was certainly in use by 1981<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac/msg/68659de9d2d8e42d?hl=en Post to ''comp.sys.mac'' in 1988]</ref> |
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The earliest appearance of the term on [[Internet|the Internet]] may have been on the [[Usenet newsgroup]] ''talk.bizarre''.<ref name="esr">{{cite web |title=Newbie |url=https://www.lysator.liu.se/hackdict/split2/newbie.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221112546/http://www.lysator.liu.se/hackdict/split2/newbie.html |archive-date=December 21, 2015 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |work=[[Jargon File|The Hacker's Dictionary]] |publisher=Lysator, the Academic Computer Society}}</ref> <span data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">By 1988, it had already entered online usage.</span><ref>{{cite newsgroup |title=Re: some (should-be) ground-rules for submissions to comp.binaries.* |author=Dyker, Barbara |date=May 31, 1988 |newsgroup=comp.sys.mac |url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac/msg/68659de9d2d8e42d?hl=en |access-date=May 5, 2009 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927085309/http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac/msg/68659de9d2d8e42d?hl=en |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Variants== |
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| ⚫ | Coming from an oral tradition, the term has various 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 newbies are the rookies among the [[Blue Angels]].").<ref name="oed"/> |
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In internet usage the spelling "newbie" has been the norm, with some use of the shortened form "newb".{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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==Game definition of Noob== |
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===Noob=== |
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In 2000, [[Electronic Arts]] released [[The Sims (video game)|The Sims]]. The game featured a tutorial house with a family called The Newbies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/the-sims-longest-existing-families/|title=The Sims: The Longest Existing Families|work=[[The Gamer]]|publisher=[[Webtoon (platform)|Webtoon]]|date=January 21, 2020|author=Ericka Blye|access-date=March 25, 2021|archive-date=February 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227091840/https://www.thegamer.com/the-sims-longest-existing-families/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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'''BURLO''' |
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==Connotations of variants== |
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The game definition of noob (variant spelling, n00b) is usually someone (mainly burlo), often in online games who acts in offensive ways to other users or people that surround them and refuse to go away, or stay by any other methods for the sole purpose of annoying others. The word noob can also mean in an online game someone who did something stupid, or asked an obvious question. For example, if someone asks a question answered in the FAQ or is common knowledge, others will call that person a noob. The word derive from the word 'newbie' and 'boob'. In which the former word means a new players, and the latter word means an idiot. |
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Different spellings can have quite different connotations; so in some contexts a "newb" refers to a beginner who is willing to learn,<ref name=forbes/> while a "[[Leet#n00b|noob]]" refers disparagingly to an inexperienced or under-talented hacker or gamer who lacks the determination to learn.<ref name=forbes>{{cite web|url=https://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|access-date=February 16, 2010|archive-date=April 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409134803/http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/23/words-online-gaming-opinions-books-newbs.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The origin of "nub" means "non-usable body" in the context of military submarines. It referred to crew that were too new to contribute, while wasting precious oxygen. |
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===Newb=== |
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Newb is also considered a relatively new person to a game that is inexperienced and doesn't know what they are doing. This term is often addressed as newb (Newbie). However, in recent times this term is infrequently used and has been widely accepted as being replaced by noob. |
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==Similar terms in other languages== |
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* In [[Korean language|Korean]], the equivalent term is '''''[[:wikt:初步|chobo]]''''' or '''''hasu''''', the opposite of ''[[gosu]]'', meaning "highly skilled".{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} |
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* In [[Chinese language|Chinese]], '''''[[:wikt:菜鳥|cainiao]]''''' ({{Lang-zh |t=菜鳥 |s=菜鸟 |p=càiniǎo |l=vegetable bird }}). It either originated from [[Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinaonlineedu.com/tougao/special.asp?id=96 |language=zh-hans |author=都市汉子 |title=试论网络语言的基本特点上 |trans-title=On the Basic Characteristics of Internet Slangs |date=2005-07-04 |access-date=2018-10-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201120216/http://www.chinaonlineedu.com/tougao/special.asp?id=96 |archive-date=2005-12-01}}</ref> or from the [[Republic of China Army|Taiwanese army]].{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} It became an [[Chinese Internet slang|Internet slang term used in the Chinese-speaking community]]. |
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==See also== |
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*[[FNG syndrome|FNG]], another term for someone new to a unit used in the [[Vietnam War]] |
* [[FNG syndrome|FNG]], another term for someone new to a unit used in the [[Vietnam War]] |
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* [[Luser]], a pejorative term for inexperienced computer users |
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* [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newbie Merriam Webster on Newbie] |
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*[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/newbie Merriam Webster on Newbie] |
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Latest revision as of 11:53, 6 January 2025
Newbie[a] is a slang term for a novice, newcomer, or somebody inexperienced in a given profession or activity. In particular, it may refer to a new user of computers, and often concerns Internet activity, such as online gaming[1] or Linux use.[2][3]
The origin of this term is uncertain. Earliest uses probably date to late twentieth century United States Armed Forces jargon, though possible precursor terms date much earlier. The related term noob (often stylized as n00b) is frequently used in online gaming.
History
The etymology of the term is uncertain. It may derive from "newie", which is attested in U.S. and Australian sources of the 1850s, meaning a neophyte in a place or situation; alternatively, it may derive from the British public school slang "new boy" or "new blood", which is attributed to the same era and was applied to a schoolboy in his first term.[4]
In the 1960s and 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.[5]
Another use of the term newbee was the moniker given to new U.S. Navy recruit students attending Basic Electricity and Electronics school by more senior students, a requisite course prior to enrollment in the A-school course at Naval Air Technical Training Center, Millington, Tennessee.[citation needed]
The earliest appearance of the term on the Internet may have been on the Usenet newsgroup talk.bizarre.[6] By 1988, it had already entered online usage.[7]
Coming from an oral tradition, the term has various 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 newbies are the rookies among the Blue Angels.").[4]
In 2000, Electronic Arts released The Sims. The game featured a tutorial house with a family called The Newbies.[8]
Connotations of variants
Different spellings can have quite different connotations; so in some contexts a "newb" refers to a beginner who is willing to learn,[9] while a "noob" refers disparagingly to an inexperienced or under-talented hacker or gamer who lacks the determination to learn.[9]
The origin of "nub" means "non-usable body" in the context of military submarines. It referred to crew that were too new to contribute, while wasting precious oxygen.
Similar terms in other languages
- In Korean, the equivalent term is chobo or hasu, the opposite of gosu, meaning "highly skilled".[citation needed]
- In Chinese, cainiao (simplified Chinese: 菜鸟; traditional Chinese: 菜鳥; pinyin: càiniǎo; lit. 'vegetable bird'). It either originated from Hong Kong[10] or from the Taiwanese army.[citation needed] It became an Internet slang term used in the Chinese-speaking community.
See also
- FNG, another term for someone new to a unit used in the Vietnam War
- Luser, a pejorative term for inexperienced computer users
Notes
- ^ Also newb, noob, newby, newbie, newbee, noobie, n00b, nub, and nubie.
References
- ^ "MIT.edu". Web.mit.edu. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "LinuxQuestions.org". LinuxQuestions.org. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Ubuntu Forums". Ubuntu Forums. Archived from the original on May 3, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ a b "newbie Archived March 27, 2020, at the Wayback Machine" The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989, OED Online, Oxford University Press, (subscription needed) March 8, 2010.
- ^ Entry for newbie in John Robert Elting, Ernest L. Deal, and Dan Cragg, A Dictionary of Soldier Talk, New York: Scribner, 1984, p. 209. ISBN 0-684-17862-1
- ^ "Newbie". The Hacker's Dictionary. Lysator, the Academic Computer Society. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ Dyker, Barbara (May 31, 1988). "Re: some (should-be) ground-rules for submissions to comp.binaries.*". Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
- ^ Ericka Blye (January 21, 2020). "The Sims: The Longest Existing Families". The Gamer. Webtoon. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ a b Broek, Anna Vander (April 23, 2009). "Gamer Speak for Newbs". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 9, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ 都市汉子 (July 4, 2005). "试论网络语言的基本特点上" [On the Basic Characteristics of Internet Slangs] (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on December 1, 2005. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
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