Newb, Noob, n00b, nub, etc.

[hanoverphist]

in WoW my guild has a n00b rank, which is the most sought after rank in the guild. ill usually call new people newblets, i dont like using the no0b term as a negative. most people see newbie and no0b as the same thing.

 

[maxster]

Noob.

N00b.

I haven't used newb in a while. Sometimes I call them a nob.

 

[Krioni]

Added new choices.

 

[FoBoT]

only a n00b would ask this question

 

[manowar821]

Well, this is kind of a bad poll and question. They're all different. Newbie is a "legitimate" word used to describe someone who is new at whatever endeavor they are attempting to undertake, and noob is a slang term for a stupid or annoying newbie (though you could argue that a noob doesn't need to be a newbie, they only need be stupid and/or annoying). Being a newbie or newb for short is not inherently bad, being a noob or nubcake or nubz0rz is.

 

[Krioni]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
only a n00b would ask this question

I understand by asking this, I subject myself to be called one... just as noted in the original post. I guess going by everybody's definition, I should take offense to the quoted post?