newbie
pronunciation
How to pronounce newbie in British English:
UK [ˈnju:bi]
How to pronounce newbie in American English:
US [ˈnubi]
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- Noun:
- any new participant in some activity
Word Origin
- newbie (n.)
- "newcomer, new person to an existing situation," by 1969, from new with diminutive or derogatory suffix. Perhaps originally U.S. military slang. Compare noob. Middle English had newing "a new thing" (early 15c.); new was used as a noun meaning "naval cadet during first training on a ship" (1909); and newie "new thing" is recorded from 1947.
Example
- 1. To a newbie that may seem like a scary thought .
- 2. We can 't speed our way from newbie to master .
- 3. It 's every newbie 's worst nightmare .
- 4. Yep . Means I 'm not the newbie anymore .
- 5. And for a newbie , it 's double .