Skimmy
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skimerwhisperer also addressed the questions very well but may want to check the definition of noob before refering to new members as noobs
"noob" or "newbie"... i think most people can figure out what that is...lol
nothing to be ashamed of, i was a noob for years. and it certainly isnt meant as a ***, or to be disrespectful, the way you seem to be taking it. there are always new beginners in the hobby, and they take advantage of the experience from senior members...it's a good thing!!
so yeah, good point here, if you want a deadpan, non humorous president, im NOT your guy:idea:
here's from wikipedia:
History
The word newbie is a variant of 'new boy' and comes from British public school and military slang[citation needed].
Before it entered popular discourse by way of the Internet, 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.[1]
Its earliest known usage on the Internet may have been on the USENET newsgroup talk.bizarre[2], and was certainly in use by 1981[3]
Variants
Coming from an oral tradition, the initial usage written either "newbie" or "newbee" (eg 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...").
In internet usage the spelling "newbie" has been the norm, with some use of the shortened form "newb".[citation needed]
Newb
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.
........damn noobs...lol
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