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  • noun Internet, slang, derogatory A n00b; an inexperienced member of the 4chan community (or any other online community).

Etymologies

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new +‎ fag

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Examples

  • If that info went public, for every British agent using the system to report real intelligence there would have been at least another 10 people on the system ready to call him a "newfag" within seconds of logging in.

    Cracked: All Posts 2010

  • Call him a newfag, ebayer! lulz will follow! ebayer (UID#11296) on September 9th, 2009 at 1: 36 pm

    Race Mixing Is Communism | My[confined]Space 2009

  • I've gone from wealth and success to hunger and homelessness, I've been a hacker, and a programmer, and a newfag begging for a LOIC hive.

    Forbes.com: News Parmy Olson 2011

  • I like video games because they provide me an outlet for my love of saying "wow what a newfag" to 12 year olds.

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2010

  • Quit spreading stuff from 4chan on your site newfag.

    Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome 2010

  • While my colleagues are weighed down with dementia and other diseases, I am old yet healthy and able to go to meetups - when I consider this as being owed to Two Channel, the insulting comments upon insulting comments of "lurk for another 6 months newfag" are, to my ear, an encouraging and amusing "you're too young to die".

    はてなブックマーク - 人気エントリー 2010

  • True to form, the newfag anon says everything is negative, and the scilon simply lied.

    Articles 2009

  • I'm a newfag so I'm sorry if this kind of thread has been repeated a million times over.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2009

  • "Rules 1 and 2", as described in your Rule 3, only apply to raids, newfag.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

  • True to form, the newfag anon says everything is negative, and the scilon simply lied.

    Articles 2009

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