Term used to describe wannabe hackers who use other
people's programs and methods to cause annoyance on the
internet. They are scorned by real hackers, as their actions often give the
hacker commmunity a bad name while serving no real purpose. Typical actions of a script kiddy (or script kiddie, it can be spelt either way) include defacing web sites, hacking forum accounts, and so on.
"A
couple of script kiddies were messing around with the forums last
night."
"Don't worry, most script kiddies grow out of it when they
hit puberty."