# Greetings to everybody from a newbie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415 "2009-11-21T17:02:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![independentminded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed8c4c/32.png) [@independentminded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/independentminded)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/1 "2009-11-21T17:02:56Z")
Hi, everybody: I’m new to this forum, and I hope to correspond with you all in the future. Talk to you again soon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/2 "2009-11-21T17:03:39Z")
Hello there. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/3 "2009-11-21T17:43:35Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **independentminded**. We usually put introduction threads in MPSIMS, our “miscellaneous” forum, so let me move this over there for you. As you get started, please take a look at the guidelines and rules in ATMB (About This Message Board), and also read the descriptions of the various forums. We’re pretty laid back around here, but this will help you get oriented. twickster, Cafe Society (and MPSIMS) moderator ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/4 "2009-11-21T18:41:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Greetings to everybody from a newbie. Just curious, I have noticed “newbie” used a lot in the last couple or three years. When did “newbie” replace “rookie”, “beginner”, “novice” or some few dozen other terms? ---
**Author:** ![hobscrk777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/5 "2009-11-21T18:45:43Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > Just curious, I have noticed “newbie” used a lot in the last couple or three years. When did “newbie” replace “rookie”, “beginner”, “novice” or some few dozen other terms? It probably has something to do with the explosion of online gaming, where new players are routinely referred to as some combination of “newb”, “noob”, or “n00b”. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/6 "2009-11-21T19:10:16Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > Just curious, I have noticed “newbie” used a lot in the last couple or three years. When did “newbie” replace “rookie”, “beginner”, “novice” or some few dozen other terms? On computer message boards/Usenet? About 1994, perhaps earlier. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/7 "2009-11-21T19:39:36Z")
Ah! Usenet. I hadn’t thought of that. Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary says newcomer to cyberspace, 1970 but it didn’t register with me until the last few years. Usenet could explain it as I somehow skipped over that along the way. ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/8 "2009-11-22T02:05:03Z")
Welcome. Please post photos of your pets and give comments in such a way as to allow us to speculate over your gender. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/9 "2009-11-22T02:45:50Z")
> [@sweetie pea](#): > > …allow us to speculate over your gender. Or else we send you to Mariah for…testing. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/10 "2009-11-22T02:56:37Z")
WAIT! How do we know s/he is not some Bing spammer bot??!?? I mean, that other guy/thing was, and his/its first post was much the same as i **ndependentminded** ’s, except for the fact that the other guy/thing’s user name was a rather random string of characters, and there was apparently something about Blng in his/its signature, but I don’t see signatures, so you never can tell. Welcome (I think), **independentminded.** To be admitted to the Dope, however, you must answer this question: When is it appropriate to bring pie? ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/11 "2009-11-22T03:27:41Z")
There was a Bing spammer bot on here? What was, uh, its name? I don’t remember this… ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/12 "2009-11-22T04:15:10Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Or else we send you to Mariah for…testing. So you want the new person to stand in the wind? I suppose that could work, as long as nudity is involved… ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/13 "2009-11-22T05:05:55Z")
> [@statsman1982](#): > > There was a Bing spammer bot on here? What was, uh, its name? I don’t remember this… [Here ya go!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539290&highlight=bing) ---
**Author:** ![Hadrian\_s\_Wall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hadrian\_s\_Wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hadrian_s_Wall)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/14 "2009-11-23T04:01:13Z")
I almost never post… I think I should do that more oft, expect this whole typing thing is alot harder to do with voice command… ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/15 "2009-11-24T06:45:10Z")
Welcome Independentminded. Originally Posted by janeslogin “Just curious, I have noticed “newbie” used a lot in the last couple or three years. When did “newbie” replace “rookie”, “beginner”, “novice” or some few dozen other terms?” I first encountered the word “newbie” in the Army in Viet Nam in 1970. By my second tour in 1971, it was considered kind of harsh. It may have been considered harsh in 1970, I just didn’t notice that. I think “newb” is kind of new. I don’t know when that started. Jon ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/16 "2009-11-25T06:54:05Z")
I wonder what happened, but along the way, newbie has become accepted, and noob is the degratory term. Meanwhile, welcomes to **Independentminded**! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/17 "2009-11-25T11:27:47Z")
Hello \*\*Independentminded, \*\*be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/18 "2009-11-25T14:55:11Z")
Is it standard to introduce yourself here? I just came in and started posting. Was that rude? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/19 "2009-11-25T15:02:59Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > Is it standard to introduce yourself here? I just came in and started posting. Was that rude? Nah. Some people do; some people don’t. No biggie. By your posts we shall know ye. Anyhoo, welcome,\*\* kapri,\*\* too! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/20 "2009-11-25T15:32:20Z")
Welcome! Have you been to Baía, **independentminded**? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415.md?page=2)