newbie

newbie

slang A person who is new to something, especially a competitive activity. I'm starting to really enjoy playing online multiplayer in certain video games, even though I'm still a total newbie and get my butt kicked. Who let all these newbies join our team? We're going to get trounced! The pace is only going to pick up from here, newbie, so if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

newbie

and noob
n. someone who is new to a group, place, activity, etc. (The opposite of oldbie.) I’m just a newbie, but I do have a question for the group. Will you noobs ever learn to read the FAQ?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • noob
  • full whack
  • equate
  • equate (someone or something) with (someone or something)
  • equate with
  • enjoy your meal
  • disbelief
  • suspend
  • suspend (one's) disbelief
  • suspend disbelief
References in periodicals archive
* "The Newbie Cohort made my first year in the district and as a librarian a smoother transfer.
Specifically, we owe it to potential newbies to warn them they run the risk of becoming an astrogeek.
So I'd think his target audience would be relative newbies who want to choose a tool because they are new to XML.
If you already have a computer and need some very basic education this could be the one for you, but if you don't have the 'right' operating system many examples will not work for you - and since you are a newbie you won't necessarily know the often subtle differences that exist between different Windows operating systems.
It may seem odd to mention E-Biomed as a Net newbie, since it has so little in common with the other two private-sector examples.
This is one way to avoid being known as a newbie or flamed for posting the wrong thing!
Whether you're an experienced "hacker" or a "newbie," we want to help you understand the many ways kids use computers.
Etiquette must be observed on "the net." Since I'm a "newbie" and didn't check my "FAQs," I probably would be "flamed" for making these statements.
Taking to his social media accounts, Karan revealed the third actor joining the film would be Lakshya, a newbie whom he is launching.
Pacquiao to Thurman: 'You think you're fighting a newbie?' !-- -- Dino Maragay (Philstar.com) - July 12, 2019 - 4:26pm LOS ANGELES For weeks, Manny Pacquiao has endured Keith Thurman's trash talking.
Still, it was a morale-boosting performance for newbie Isabela City, which fielded just three men in the qualifying tournament for the Montreal Masters.
In fact, in just a few minutes any newbie could create a really good XML sitemap.
Chief Superintendent Eliseo Rasco, regional director of PRO-12, said BISOC is considered to be the last phase of training for newbie cops before they could be deployed to the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB-12) and to city and provincial mobile force companies for action.
Horse racing returns to the region tomorrow (Saturday, September 1) with the second annual flapping meeting at Newbie Mains, Annan.
THE insecure newbie who is a wannabe is at it again.