Meaning of cluebie | Babel Free

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A new or inexperienced user who is more knowledgeable than a newbie; a newbie who "has a clue".

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“I've been out of it so long now that if you gave me an axe I probably wouldn't know⟳ which end⟳ to use⟳ to chop down a tree, but I still know⟳ enough of the basics to scare⟳ the cluebies off and to set⟳ up some protection against the majority of the people who think⟳ downloading "toolz" like⟳ WinNuke makes them a threat to national security.”

“New builders pick⟳ up code cues from their peers in the pits, and newbies who are quick studies of this code soon find⟳ themselves respected as cluebies.”

“So, that's my basic explanation without investing any real thought into it. Do you think⟳ that cluebies would start⟳ to get⟳ the picture from this or should there be pictures also?”

“Considering that APEWS is only used by a handful of cluebies running mail servers in their attics for 5 family friends and 3 cats, does anyone besides the NANAE peanut gallery actually think⟳ the game of pretending people are blocked and must do things to 'get⟳ off' APEWS is anything but a game of lying to try⟳ to rope other people into the fight⟳?”

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