oldfag

English

Etymology

old +‎ -fag

Pronunciation

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Noun

oldfag (plural oldfags)

(Internet slang) An oldbie; a veteran member of an online community, especially 4chan and 2b2t.
- 2009 June 18, Onslaught Six [username], “Re: I really didn't study for this test”, in alt.toys.transformers‎ (Usenet):
  The pathetic Usenet oldfags will cling to their pathetic, outdated and boring medium as the new-world forumites rule the Interwebs universe.
- 2011, Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web‎, The Overlook Press, →ISBN:
  Oldfags will post the symbol along with "Newfags can't triforce."
- 2012, Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency‎, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:
  There were many like him—oldfags who believed they were the true Anons.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:oldfag.

Antonyms

newbie, newfag (Internet, slang, derogatory)

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