Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (orig. US milit.) a new member, a recruit, a novice.

1966		letter in Edelman Dear America (1985) n.d. 254: We got a lot of ‘Newbies’ (replacements) in our company.
1976		(con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 40: Andrews [...] was the newest arrival – a ‘newby’ – which meant he couldn’t really lead or command anyone.
1986		M. Petit Peacekeepers 108: Everyone was anxious to discover what our ‘newby’ [...] was like.
1993		Google Groups: rec.org.sca 8 Sept. 🌐 Have an established member adopt each newbie. Give the newbs someone who will look out for them and someone they can goto for help.
1997		J. Birmingham Tasmanian Babes Fiasco (1998) 228: Man, I get the shivers just thinking about my first Schoolies Week. A clueless newbie, I’d caught the Greyhound to the coast.
2000		Guardian G2 12 Jan. 4: These ‘newbies’ – the net industry term for beginners.
2001		D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 125/2: noobie (also newbie) n. a prison officer recently completed his or her training.
2002		D.H. Sterry Chicken (2003) 97: I’m thirteen. Newbee Newboy again.
2005		C.S. Rodriguez Linux Kernel Primer xix: I would like to thank all the programmers who patiently explained to me the intricacies of the Linux kernel when I was but a n00b.
2006		J. Ridley What Fire Cannot Burn 359: ‘What do we do?’ Eddi hated asking that. Made her sound like a newbie.
2011		G. Knight Hood Rat 134: he is a newbie on his own in B wing.
2012		C. Eble (ed.) UNC-CH Campus Sl. 2011 7: NEWB — < newbie alternate and less offensive spelling of NOOB.
2017		D. Winslow The Force [ebook] The newbie emptied his weapon into the kid.
2018		‘Aidan Truhen’ Price You Pay 15: You’re not inducting newbies into the shadowy world of international smuggling.
2017		T. Spicer Good Girl Stripped Bare 110: There’s no mistaken identity with fellow newbie, Jessica Rowe.
2020		G. Krauze What They Was 143: He’s moving salty coz he’s with the newbies.
2022		J. Hannaham Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit 177: Carlotta took Doodle’s cigarette between two fingers and inhaled [...] trying to avoid seeming like a newbie.

2. (US black) a neophyte prostitute.

2000

Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 newbee Definition: a brand new ho Example: Yo newbie, were my money at?

3. (teen) one who refuses to learn.

2019

www.verywellfamily.com/a-teen-slang-dictionary 10 Mar. 🌐 n00b - A person who doesn't want to learn.