newsgroupie

English

Etymology

From newsgroup +‎ -ie, influenced by groupie.

Noun

newsgroupie (plural newsgroupies)

  1. (Internet, slang) A user of Internet newsgroups; a newsgrouper.
    • 1999 March 27, AmyGrantfn, “Pic of Newsgroupies?”, in rec.music.artists.amy-grant‎[1] (Usenet):
      Hey..I was curious...isn't there a pic of a lot of you newsgroupies out there somewhere?? I'm always curious what some of you people look like. :)
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