What does “newbie” mean?

newbie


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A "newbie" is someone who is new to something — they're just starting out and don't have much experience yet. It's a friendly, casual word, not really mean.

So like, imagine someone just joined a video game for the first time and keeps making mistakes — their teammates might say "oh, he's a newbie, be nice to him." Or if you just started a new job, you might say "sorry, I'm still a newbie here, can you show me how this works?"

You can use it for pretty much anything — a newbie at cooking, a newbie at driving, a newbie to a new city.

It's basically a warm, easygoing way to say someone is a beginner who is still learning the ropes.

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