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A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. The term was popularised by the French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957), in the early part of the twentieth century. Further theories were developed in the 1960s by Mary Douglas and Victor Turner. Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as childbirth, menarche or other mile ...

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Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb "stŭdērĕ", which means "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. Also known as a disciple in the sense of a religious area of study, and/or in the sense of a "discipline" of learning. In widest use, student is used to mean a school or class attendee. In many countries, the word student is however reserved for higher education or university students; persons attending classes in pri ...

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• Student - Years

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In the USA, where undergraduate degree courses commonly last four years, the following terms are generally used, sometimes also adopted in other countries : A freshman (or fresher, frosh, newbie etc.) is a first-year student in college or university, or, chiefly in the United States, in high school. (This word came from England, replaced there since by the term "fresher", but is now used far more fr ...

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Student, Student - Years, Student - Idiomatic Use

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Since the internet has long been an attractor of people, especially children, to sophisticated areas of expertise (programming, gaming, system administration, etc.), there have been certain cultural and behavioral patterns that result as a conflict of newbies against veterans, veterans against newbies, and newbies against newbies; these clashes typically result in newbies showing childish behavior. Newbies have the bad habit, whether accidental or purposely, of asking obvious questions in online forums and chat rooms that could be quickly solved by use of a search engine. ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Discouraging newbies, Newbie - Encouraging newbies, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Likely etymology of n00b, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Newbies in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Noob as a verb

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Broadly speaking, "ragging" is: Any disorderly conduct, whether by words spoken or written or by an act which the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any other student, indulging in rowdy or indisciplined activities which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or a junior student or asking the students to do any act or perform something which such student will not do in the ordinary course and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment so as to adversely ...

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Ragging, Ragging - Supreme Court of India's definition, Ragging - Sources and References

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Before the Great Depression, US hazing achieved an art form status amongst benevolent fraternities such as the Mooses and the Freemasons. The DeMoulin Catalog is a catalog of many hazing implements used, most famously the electric carpet. In many cases nowadays, the hardest abuse is usually only enacted for a photograph (sometimes even posted on the Internet) or video. Reported hazing activities can involve all kinds of ridicule and humiliation within the group or in public - many of which could easily be considered abusive if a candi ...

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Hazing, Hazing - Scope, Hazing - Controversy, Hazing - Methods, Hazing - Sources and References

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Since the internet has long been an attractor of people, especially children, to sophisticated areas of expertise (programming, gaming, system administration, etc.), there have been certain cultural and behavioral patterns that result as a conflict of newbies against veterans, veterans against newbies, and newbies against newbies; these clashes typically result in newbies showing childish behavior. Newbies have the bad habit, whether accidental or purposely, of asking obvious questions in online forums and chat rooms that could be quickly so ...

See also:

Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Social rejection, Newbie - Social acceptance, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Rough etymology, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Noobs in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Froobie

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In the USA, where undergraduate degree courses commonly last four years, the following terms are generally used, sometimes also adopted in other countries : A freshman (or fresher, frosh, newbie etc.) is a first-year student in college or university, or, chiefly in the United States, in high school. (This word came from England, replaced there since by the term "fresher", but is now used far more fr ...

See also:

Student, Student - Years

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Newb and noob may have somewhat different connotations. Newbs are simply newcomers—noob and n00b, on the other hand, generally means someone who is obnoxious, annoying, or breaks the rules; whether they are actual newcomers or not is mostly irrelevant. Therefore, a noob may be someone who has been around for a time but still engages in behavior that he or she should have learned is unacceptable. Noobs are generally confident in what they are doing, but in reality are annoying others. "Newb" is not necessarily an insulting wor ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Social rejection, Newbie - Social acceptance, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Rough etymology, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Noobs in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Froobie

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It can be both a disparaging and friendly term, referring to a neophyte, someone who behaves as such, or someone who is seen as such. A newb is generally a positive term, while n00b usually has a negative connotation. The word itself is probably a corruption of new boy; a new arrival in a school and who is, therefore, vulnerable to bullying of various kinds, such as hazing or fagging. It could also derive from "new beginner". "Newbie" was used prior to this as slang in the U.S. Military to denote men who had finished technical school (so no longer a recruit and rookie) and were just arriving ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Social rejection, Newbie - Social acceptance, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Rough etymology, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Noobs in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Froobie

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In some contexts, such as on Usenet and in multiplayer video games, newbies are discouraged from the group. Newbies may ask questions that seem extremely simple to experienced users, or disrupt normal order with their lack of skills or etiquette in a certain type of technology. For example, video game players may dislike newbies because they think newbies will hurt or bring down the collective efforts of a team game. Usenet posters may dislike newbies for bringing up of ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Social rejection, Newbie - Social acceptance, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Rough etymology, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Noobs in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Froobie

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It is often a personal choice within a community whether to discourage or encourage newbies. For example, some GNU/Linux users may discourage non-technical users who try to install GNU/Linux, because supporting these users will be difficult and the newbies may be dissatisfied in the long run. On the other hand, some GNU/Linux users may prefer to encourage newbies, because it grows their userbase and may ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Social rejection, Newbie - Social acceptance, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Rough etymology, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Noobs in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Froobie

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Newb and noob may have somewhat different connotations. Newbs are simply newcomers—noob and n00b, on the other hand, generally means someone who is obnoxious, annoying, or breaks the rules; whether they are actual newcomers or not is mostly irrelevant. Therefore, a noob may be someone who has been around for a time but still engages in behavior that he or she should have learned is unacceptable. Noobs are generally confident in what they are doing, but in reality are annoying others. "Newb" is not neces ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Discouraging newbies, Newbie - Encouraging newbies, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Likely etymology of n00b, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Newbies in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Noob as a verb

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Although pervasive reports of hazing have been prevalent throughout the years, the practice of ritual abuse among social groups is poorly understood. This is partly due to the secretive nature that often accompanies rookie situations, especially within collegiate fraternities and sororities, and in part a result of long-term acceptance of hazing. Thus, it has been difficult for researchers to agree on the underlying social and psychological mechanisms that perpetuate hazing. A tentative explanation from evolutionary psychology is that hazing activates the capture-bonding psychological tra ...

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Hazing, Hazing - Scope, Hazing - Controversy, Hazing - Methods, Hazing - Sources and References

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Hazing has been reported in a variety of social contexts, including: Academic fraternities and sororities (see Fraternities and sororities#Hazing issues) and similarly various other sports teams or even 'soft' and non-competitive ones (such as arts) Other competitive clubs, secret societies and even certain service clubs (such as US freemason lodges, unlike the serious European original tradition) associated groups, like fan clubs, school bands The armed forces — in the US, hard hazing practices from ...

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Hazing, Hazing - Scope, Hazing - Controversy, Hazing - Methods, Hazing - Sources and References

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It can be both a disparaging and friendly term, referring to a neophyte, someone who behaves as such, or someone who is seen as such. A newb is generally a positive term, while n00b usually has a negative connotation. For example the phrase "Travis is a n00b." is considered an insult. The word itself is probably a corruption of new boy; a new arrival in a school and who is, therefore, vulnerable to bullying of various kinds, such as hazing or fagging. It co ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Discouraging newbies, Newbie - Encouraging newbies, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Likely etymology of n00b, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Newbies in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Noob as a verb

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In some contexts, such as on Usenet and in multiplayer video games, being a newbie is discouraged. Newbies may ask questions that seem extremely simple to experienced users, or disrupt normal order with their lack of skills or etiquette in a certain type of technology. For example, video game players may dislike newbies because they think newbies will hurt or bring down the collective efforts of a team game. Usenet posters may dislike newbies for bringing u ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Discouraging newbies, Newbie - Encouraging newbies, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Likely etymology of n00b, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Newbies in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Noob as a verb

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The following is the likely etymology of n00b: newbie (new person) newb (shortened version of newbie) noob (a variant probably for both phonetics and "Leetspeaking") n00b (Partial Leetspeak of "noob") ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Discouraging newbies, Newbie - Encouraging newbies, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Likely etymology of n00b, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Newbies in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Noob as a verb

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It is often a personal choice within a community whether to discourage or encourage newbies. For example, some GNU/Linux users may discourage non-technical users who try to install GNU/Linux, because supporting these users will be difficult and the newbies may be dissatisfied in the long run. On the other hand, some GNU/Linux users may prefer to encourage newbies, because it grows their userbase and ma ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Discouraging newbies, Newbie - Encouraging newbies, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Likely etymology of n00b, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Newbies in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Noob as a verb

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NOBODY NOOB IT UP! .... AWWW I NOOBED IT UP ...

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Newbie, Newbie - Semantics, Newbie - Discouraging newbies, Newbie - Encouraging newbies, Newbie - Internet Relay Chat, Newbie - Newb vs. noob, Newbie - U.S. Navy usage, Newbie - Likely etymology of n00b, Newbie - Newbies in Internet culture, Newbie - Newbies in Internet gaming, Newbie - Noob talk, Newbie - Noob as a verb

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