newb

English

Etymology

Shortened from newbie.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

newb (plural newbs)

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

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