newbish

newbish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a newb.

Adjective

newbish (comparative more newbish, superlative most newbish)

(Internet) Resembling or characteristic of a newb.
- I have a big HD disk partitioned as all DOS. It's mostly empty. I want to repartition it with a 100meg Linux partition. Do I ahve^([sic]) to zap what dos stuff I have on it or can I "shrink" the DOS part somwhow?^([sic])1993 February 4, David Glen Jacobowitz, “Newbish question :”, in comp.os.linux (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025
- The following list includes some of the most commonly used code. […] Hopefully, this list will help you be less newbish and on the road to understanding another communication method.2007 June 10, Ann-Marie Berg, “IMO, parents need to catch up on Net lingo”, in The Gazette, volume 125, number 152, Cedar Rapids, Ia.: Gazette Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2L, column 6

I mean little newbish me, just all the moxy in the world, just like, “Yeah!2012, 1angelcares Writer [pseudonym], “The Voices of Machinima”, in Phylis Johnson, Donald Petti, Machinima: The Art and Practice of...
This perhaps was her first real mistake earlier in the day, a truly newbish error.2020 February 14, Black Lyte [pseudonym], “A Gift of Savagery”, in Don’t F*ck with the Healer! (Vanta Fantasies; 2), ASIN B084TS14PL:

comparative	more newbish
superlative	most newbish

From newb + -ish.

What does newbish mean?: Newbish means resembling or characteristic of a newb.
How do you use newbish in a sentence?: I mean little newbish me, just all the moxy in the world, just like, “Yeah!
What part of speech is newbish?: Newbish is an adjective.

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