newb

English

Etymology

Shortened from newbie.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n(y)o͞ob, IPA^(key): /n(j)uːb/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːb

Noun

newb (plural newbs)

1. (Internet slang, chiefly derogatory) A newbie; someone who is new to a game, or has a new character.
   • 2008 October 6, The Barbarian Sublimation (The Big Bang Theory), season 2, episode 3, spoken by Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons):

     Level three, and she thinks she's rich. What a newb.

   That guy must be a newb at this game. He has no idea how to play.

Translations

newbie — see newbie