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Totally unrelated but I google'd their username to see if there was a clue, and I had no idea this feed existed: https://news.ycombinator.com/noobstories https

• user_7832 10d ago
  ...does noob here just refer to a new (green) user? Or is it something else?
  • janalsncm 10d ago
    Technically “new user” I think.
  • junon 10d ago
    Noob comes from newb, which comes from newbie. Some argue it comes from "nubile" but I don't personally buy that etymology. I distinctly remember "newb" followed by "noob" but that was eons ago.
    • 0x696C6961 10d ago
      Always thought it was "new" but made to sound like "boob" because it's funny.
      • adolph 10d ago
        And not related to Safire's "nattering nabobs of negativism," the originals of whom SF's Nob Hill eponymizes.