Timeline for answer to How did the term 'noob' originate? by Joe Dovahkiin
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| Jul 29, 2014 at 9:42 | comment | added | Gigala | @StrixVaria For insulting someone as being bad i would use the term "scrub", a noob is just a newbie which is someone that is new to the game. | |
| Sep 20, 2011 at 18:23 | comment | added | TheQ | @bnb That could be as well. I've only heard it by word of mouth, definitely don't have concrete, written evidence. | |
| Sep 20, 2011 at 17:43 | comment | added | bnb | @TheQ I've heard that it was a shortened version of "new boots" because the boots of more expeirences soldiers would be old and worn | |
| Nov 9, 2010 at 18:51 | comment | added | Joe Dovahkiin | @StrixVaria I agree here. It's entirely down to the context in which the words were used. Everyone was a "newbie" once, but a "noob" is someone who ruins your Counterstrike game. | |
| Nov 9, 2010 at 13:51 | comment | added | TheQ | In regards to the Vietnam comment. From what I've heard, it was a composition and shortening of "new blood". | |
| Nov 9, 2010 at 1:24 | comment | added | Invader Skoodge | I actually treat noob and newb as different terms. A newb is someone new to the game (or whatever) who has potential to be a great contributor, someone who is trying to learn and become competent. A noob is someone who is terrible at the game but insists that he is the master. Newb is a state everyone goes through, whereas noob is an insult. | |
| Nov 8, 2010 at 23:35 | history | answered | Joe Dovahkiin | CC BY-SA 2.5 |