User blog comment:Cpt. Carebear/definition of a noob/@comment-65693-20100121061342

"Noob" is a greatly varrying word depending on who you ask to define it. Though, if you really get down to it, it's just a random insult, more than half the time having no relevance to the root word, "newb". Personally, I define the word as "1. general insult used amongst gamers to show stress, tension or anger; 2. someone who makes a game unenjoyable, either intentionally or by accident".

For example, someone who uses a common and supposedly overpowered weapon, they're really noobs if they go beyong what is called for and start ruining the gaming experience, and anyone who flames them and also disrupts gameplay would, themself, be a noob by the definition I use.

It's not really worth it to actually use the phrase. You'll never see me use it seriously.