knowbie en · NOUN
Etymology
From know + -bie, patterned after newbie, with know replacing new to suggest knowledge.
Meanings
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(Internet) An experienced Internet user.
Neither newbie or knowbie, I count myself among the silver surfers, those geezers in Dickensian nightshirts who preceded the blogging guys in pajamas.
2005 June 19, William Safire, “The Way We Live Now: 6-19-05: On Language; Qualassurepurp”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| knowbies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |