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knowbie

knowbie noun: an experienced Internet user.

Noun

knowbie (plural knowbies)

  1. (Internet) An experienced Internet user.
    • Neither newbie or knowbie, I count myself among the silver surfers, those geezers in Dickensian nightshirts who preceded the blogging guys in pajamas.2005 June 19, William Safire, “The Way We Live Now: 6-19-05: On Language; Qualassurepurp”, in The New York Times

Antonyms of knowbie

Forms of knowbie

pluralknowbies

Origin of knowbie

From know + -bie, patterned after newbie, with know replacing new to suggest knowledge.

Questions about knowbie

What does knowbie mean?
Knowbie means an experienced Internet user.
What part of speech is knowbie?
Knowbie is a noun.
What is the plural of knowbie?
The plural of knowbie is knowbies.

Words near knowbie in the dictionary

  1. knowableness
  2. knowably
  3. Knowall
  4. Knowalls
  5. knowarramean
  6. knowbie
  7. knowbies
  8. knowbot
  9. knowbots
  10. knowe
  11. knowed

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