cluebie
cluebie noun: a new or inexperienced user who is more knowledgeable than a newbie; a newbie who "has a clue".
Noun
cluebie (plural cluebies)
- A new or inexperienced user who is more knowledgeable than a newbie; a newbie who "has a clue".
- I've been out of it so long now that if you gave me an axe I probably wouldn't know which end to use to chop down a tree, but I still know enough of the basics to scare the cluebies off and to set up some protection against the majority of the people who think downloading "toolz" like WinNuke makes...2000 June 3, Magic, “MT ?”, in alt.wow-sucks (Usenet)
- New builders pick up code cues from their peers in the pits, and newbies who are quick studies of this code soon find themselves respected as cluebies.2001, Alison Bing, Erin Conley, Robot Riots: The Good Guide to Bad Bots, New York, N.Y.: Barnes & Noble, →ISBN, page 125
Forms of cluebie
| plural | cluebies |
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Origin of cluebie
Blend of clue + newbie.
Questions about cluebie
- What does cluebie mean?
- Cluebie means a new or inexperienced user who is more knowledgeable than a newbie; a newbie who "has a clue".
- What part of speech is cluebie?
- Cluebie is a noun.
- What is the plural of cluebie?
- The plural of cluebie is cluebies.
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