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shybie en · NOUN

Etymology

From shy + -bie. Etymology tree Middle English shy English shy Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Germanic *niwjaz Proto-West Germanic *niwi Old English nīewe Middle English newe English new Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English newieder.? ▲ English new Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born English newborn Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English baby English baby blend? ▲ English newder.? ▲ Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boyder.? English newbie English -bie English shybie

Meanings

1. (informal) A shy person.
   • Here's the problem: as a shybie I've somehow gravitated to a career with > computers (making bucketloads, so I could afford to pay for the priviledge^([sic]) of facing the public). 2003 November 11, KC Carter, “How does a shybie get a public-facing job?”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet):
   • A less progressed shybie will have a more difficult time speaking and that would look pretty obvious. Or if the shybie answers nervously to certain questions, like "What girl do you *like*?" 2000 November 11, Al Leitch, “How to Spot Another Shybie?”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet):
   • If you could create a kind of shybie Frankenstein monster of yourself built from the personality parts of other shybies who you are most similar to, which people would you be? 2006 April 13, JimSummers, “Which shybie are you?”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet):

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