knowbie

English

Etymology

know +‎ -bie, patterned after newbie, with know replacing new to suggest knowledge.

Noun

knowbie (plural knowbies)

(Internet) An experienced Internet user.
- 2005 June 19, William Safire, “The Way We Live Now: 6-19-05: On Language; Qualassurepurp”, in The New York Times:
  Neither newbie or knowbie, I count myself among the silver surfers, those geezers in Dickensian nightshirts who preceded the blogging guys in pajamas.

Quotations

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Antonyms

newbie

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