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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!curtis
  2. From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin)
  3. Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
  4. Subject: Re: Another naming contest
  5. Date: 8 Nov 1992 05:17:10 GMT
  6. Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed.
  7. Lines: 18
  8. Message-ID: <1di7smINNdp7@agate.berkeley.edu>
  9. References: <1992Nov8.042007.28701@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
  10. NNTP-Posting-Host: mamba.cs.berkeley.edu
  11.  
  12. In article <1992Nov8.042007.28701@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> aaron@space.ualberta.ca writes:
  13. >It has recently come to the attention of some of us that while there are well-
  14. >defined terms for both newcomes to talk.bizarre("newbies")and long-time
  15. >residents(patrons?)of talk.bizarre("oldbies"), there is an astonishing lack of
  16. >term for the transitional period in which, let's face it, most of us
  17. >languish.
  18.  
  19. i think the word yer lookin fer 
  20.  
  21. is,
  22.  
  23. erm,
  24.  
  25. "newbie."
  26.  
  27. c
  28. day in
  29. day out
  30.