The word Noob comes from a time when all games came in boxes, in 2004 downloading of large game over a few megabytes was unheard of. So if you wanted a large game like World of Warcraft back in 2004 when it launched, you had to bought a physical copy that came in a box, Wow's original size was 10 gigabytes, & would have taken weeks to months to download.
An acronym is a specific type of abbreviation that forms a pronounceable word from the first letter of each word in a phrase. And this is where we get the word Noob from, it is a acronym.
The word NOOB is a acronym, & in World of Warcraft, it was easy to spot a Noob from the endless amount of questions they'd spam in chat. This is where telling people online to "Google it" came from, since WoW had a lot of FAQ posts.
And we'd jokingly ask, "so this is a guess, but are you new to the game?", and they would replay with something like, "how did you guess, yes it's new out of the box". And like with all commonly said phrases on the internet, it was shortened to just NOOB, 'N'ew 'O'ut 'O'f 'B'ox.
NOOB is mean for people that do not know how to play because they just got the game. Someone that has played for months and still plays badly, isn't a NOOB. One is ignorant & doesn't know how to play & the other is indifferent & never bothered to care if they became better at the game, or it could be a lack of skill.
Today I find it amazing how few people remember where NOOB started, & what NOOB really means.
An acronym is a specific type of abbreviation that forms a pronounceable word from the first letter of each word in a phrase. And this is where we get the word Noob from, it is a acronym.
The word NOOB is a acronym, & in World of Warcraft, it was easy to spot a Noob from the endless amount of questions they'd spam in chat. This is where telling people online to "Google it" came from, since WoW had a lot of FAQ posts.
And we'd jokingly ask, "so this is a guess, but are you new to the game?", and they would replay with something like, "how did you guess, yes it's new out of the box". And like with all commonly said phrases on the internet, it was shortened to just NOOB, 'N'ew 'O'ut 'O'f 'B'ox.
NOOB is mean for people that do not know how to play because they just got the game. Someone that has played for months and still plays badly, isn't a NOOB. One is ignorant & doesn't know how to play & the other is indifferent & never bothered to care if they became better at the game, or it could be a lack of skill.
Today I find it amazing how few people remember where NOOB started, & what NOOB really means.
We were all a NOOB at one time, so give them a break. Attention NOOBS, we have a FAQ that should answer most of your questions. FFXIV patch 6.0 was amazing, wish I could be a NOOB & play that part over again & it would be new to me.
by Sin Acedia February 12, 2023
Get the Noobmug. by Heejjsji June 21, 2022
Get the Noobmug. A novice at the fine art of rest. Often characterized by their inability to properly wrap themselves in a duvet or blanket, leading to a 3 a.m. wrestling match with tangled sheets. Their sleep setup looks like a crime scene where the blanket has escaped, and they’ve somehow managed to twist themselves into a human pretzel. They wake up with the grace of a confused giraffe, suffering from neck and back pain that defies all logic. The sleep noob will spend a solid 15 minutes hitting snooze, only to fall asleep again and accidentally nap through their alarm, proving they still have much to learn in the realm of sleep mastery.
by coolkidksater January 1, 2025
Get the Sleep Noobmug. military drill sergeant (addressing a private): yo noob, what might your name be?
private: Sir, my name is Michael Jordan.
drill sergeant: lol, as in Michael Jordan the basketball star?
private: yes, since Jordan is my middle name and no because my last name is not Jordan.
sergeant: lol
private: Sir, my name is Michael Jordan.
drill sergeant: lol, as in Michael Jordan the basketball star?
private: yes, since Jordan is my middle name and no because my last name is not Jordan.
sergeant: lol
by Sexydimma August 25, 2013
Get the noobmug. in wow when you kill a noob and chop him up. it is also derived from the word noobius sliceius, a latin word meaning jizz on her face
1.yo, did you see what mat did to that dude on WOW
2.no, what did he do?
1.he made that noob a noob slice
2.thats insane
2.no, what did he do?
1.he made that noob a noob slice
2.thats insane
by babykilla June 11, 2009
Get the noob slicemug. Someone who is unexperienced and asks stupid questions like "What's a noob?" or "What the heck does 1337 mean?"
by Lt. Spus July 25, 2008
Get the noobmug. Let me show you and example of the best community in Gaming History:
#Dota 2 In Radiant
Noob:Hey guys what hero should i pick?
I am new to Dota 2 xddd
Teammate 1:сука бляяяяя
Я 100000 ммр соло
Го го го Б
Teammate 2:Go kys noob xdddddddd
Teammate 3:Putang ina mo
Tara Slardar tara b b b
Teammate 4 (in mic): *Distorted sounds of World War 2 with a girl getting raped and eating ramen while listening to Shitty Dubstep and playing minecraft* till it lags out
*Dire Victory*
#Dota 2 In Radiant
Noob:Hey guys what hero should i pick?
I am new to Dota 2 xddd
Teammate 1:сука бляяяяя
Я 100000 ммр соло
Го го го Б
Teammate 2:Go kys noob xdddddddd
Teammate 3:Putang ina mo
Tara Slardar tara b b b
Teammate 4 (in mic): *Distorted sounds of World War 2 with a girl getting raped and eating ramen while listening to Shitty Dubstep and playing minecraft* till it lags out
*Dire Victory*
by Honest Game Reviews March 19, 2017
Get the Noobmug.