Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 22, 2005, at 9:25 AM, keith_w wrote:
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 22 Oct 2005 at 9:10, keith_w wrote:
Okay, Godfrey, what's a "noob" client?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=noob
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Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Hah! From that dictionary, I found this statement, in definition:
"Generally, however, people use 'noob' as an applicable
insult for anyone who happens to piss them off. A person
will also often use this term to describe people that
they feel are beneath them."
Uh huh. Now I get it! ;-)
In the lexicon of "newbie", I simply used "noob" as a shorthand
phonetic equivalent. I first ran into the term "newbie" in the context
of motorcycling ... a contraction of "new biker". Nothing perjorative
or disparaging intended.
Godfrey
Oh, I know you didn't...
As is usual when one thinks they've come up with a new contraction or a
made-up word, they find out almost invariably that someone else has used
it before, somewhere!
'Newby' I knew about, 'noob' was new to me.
Then, when Rob came up with that urban dictionary entry, with a dozen
meanings or usages of "noob", I thought the above quote was funny.
Nothing more esoteric than that, my friend. Relax.
Take the smiley to heart...
keith
