Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knowbie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: know-bie
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An experienced Internet user.

Example Sentences

"Neither newbie or knowbie, I count myself among the silver surfers, those geezers in Dickensian nightshirts who preceded the blogging guys in pajamas."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: know

Inflected Forms

knowbies (plural)

Antonyms

newbie

Questions

What does knowbie mean?: An experienced Internet user.
Where does knowbie come from?: From know + -bie, patterned after newbie, with know replacing new to suggest knowledge.

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