The Term "Newbie"

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  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    I've been called a lot worse.

    This
  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
    Square One Resident

    Virgin

    Pup

    Water Boy

    Starfish (a swimming newbie 0-2 years, parental guidance required)

    "N" card holder (new Canadian driver with limited license)

    Starfish. Is that the same as Snowflake? :tongue:

    Maybe Snowflake is beginners in skiing. :bigsmile:
  • RunDoozer
    RunDoozer Posts: 1,699 Member
    There are much more offensive "N" words in the world. ..... Like nub.
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    Neophyte
    Tyro
    Freshman
  • parys1
    parys1 Posts: 2,072 Member
    I was going to offer plebe, but I hate it.

    No plebe :angry:

    Maybe fledgling.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    how about "training virgins"

    then you could be like damn...you popped your barbell bro!!! LOL
  • keepitcroosh
    keepitcroosh Posts: 301 Member
    Or better yet, screw what everyone else thinks and just focus on your training!
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    crystal-ball.jpg


    Shhhh......everyone be quiet! I'm getting a vision. I'm seeing, in a month's time, a post about how rude everyone is at the gym and how the meatheads there personally snub... someone... by treating her exactly like every other gym patron.
  • RobfromLakewood
    RobfromLakewood Posts: 684
    would you rather be called a n00b?

    People are really fishing for things to complain about today.

    This is what I thought, are you really so desperate to be disparaged that you were reduced down to this to complain about?
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    would you rather be called a n00b?

    People are really fishing for things to complain about today.

    This is what I thought, are you really so desperate to be disparaged that you were reduced down to this to complain about?

    desperate times call for desperate measures....
  • DonM46
    DonM46 Posts: 772 Member
    Rookie
  • Micahroni84
    Micahroni84 Posts: 452 Member
    newdist?
  • Micahroni84
    Micahroni84 Posts: 452 Member
    Padawan? As in: Lift even, do you, my young padawan? (Said in my best Yoda voice...)

    i vote this!
  • pseudomuffin
    pseudomuffin Posts: 1,058 Member
    This term is almost as old as the internet, it comes from the old Usenet back in the 80-ies (and gaming). You can't really stop people from using it, especially geeks or those who actually already socialized mainly on the internet like this new teen facebook generation. It's a part of everyone's vocabulary. I mean it has not to do with MFP.

    This, it's ingrained. Just embrace it!
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    No. Newbie is used in every other area where someone is a beginner. We call the new associates, newbies at the law firm.
  • barkin43
    barkin43 Posts: 508 Member
    Tadpole
  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
    The question is......

    Are you experienced?
    Have you ever been experieenncced?
    Well I haaaaaaave.


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  • sz8soon
    sz8soon Posts: 816 Member
    maybe a newtard?

    This made me snort. Lol

    And for what it's worth, I've never found the word offensive
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    "Person who has little or no previous experience." Sounds the least inflammatory, I suppose?
  • gwhizeh
    gwhizeh Posts: 269 Member
    Newbie or noob is pretty much common. What does a label from the internet matter anyway?
  • sunsnstatheart
    sunsnstatheart Posts: 2,544 Member
    "Person who has little or no previous experience." Sounds the least inflammatory, I suppose?

    Would you say such a person is "inexperienced?" Perhaps "New?" Maybe we could come up with a catchy little word like "Newbie?"
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    "Person who has little or no previous experience." Sounds the least inflammatory, I suppose?

    I'm not sure, might not meet the OP's criteria for not implying inferiority. It needs to be more cheerful, like "Potential powerlifting champion of tomorrow"
  • megleo818
    megleo818 Posts: 595 Member
    I dont know if its an improvent, but in the military new people are called "privates". Maybe not..

    ;-) I'm new to weight training too. And liking it!

    Don't know about working out one's "privates" ... I think "beginner" is good. Or even "novice".

    Editing to say that I think of myself as "a recent convert". :happy:
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    What about newf4g?
  • Pepper2185
    Pepper2185 Posts: 994 Member
    Just call a spade a spade.

    I don't think we need a warm fuzzy term for newbies who are easily offended by being called newbies because they are newbies.
  • rkr22401
    rkr22401 Posts: 216 Member
    FNG's
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
    Better than what my on-line gaming community tends to use: Noob. Or N00B … Derived from newbie and definitely more derogatory.

    or, as is actually the case, exactly the same, n00b is just l33t speak for newbie.

    just another example of how people take political correctness too far.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Untrained
    Beginner
    Novice

    frankly there is nothing deragatory about "newbie". it's a cutsey term.
  • Yeller_Sensation
    Yeller_Sensation Posts: 373 Member
    I love the terms "newbie", "n00b" and "newb". A lot. Those are names my strength training buddy and I used to give each other when we started lifting more than a year ago.

    Now the terms of endearment are downright vulgar and non-PC. Why? To piss each other off badly enough so we go into beast mode and make crazy gains.

    :flowerforyou:
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    see, i think n00b and newb might be derogatory, but newbie is neutral.

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