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Übern00b

(from German 'Über', super-/hyper- and a corruption of newb) "Fat newbie"

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Über

[Über] German for "super" or "hyper"; often used in video games to describe someone's talent at the game. As in: * /"I'm an Über player"./ Also seen written as "[Uber]", […] Internet slang

newb

[newb] Short for "newbie"; meaning someone who is new, usually at a game. Internet slang

noob

[noob] Shorthand/leet spelling of "[newbie]". Also spelled "[n00b]", with two zeroes rather than two Os (see [leet]) or "[newb]". In some Internet circles, the term "[noob]" or "[n00b]" has a […] Internet slang

cluebie

[cluebie] A clueless newbie (but sometimes apparently confusingly used to mean "a newbie with a clue, but not close to a guru") Internet slang

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