Newbie's got a dead 386

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Mon Nov 16 17:10:03 1998

>
> Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Hello all, FNG here.
> >
> > Where did you pick this term up? I know *exactly* what it means, but I've
> > never seen anybody use it who hasn't been to Antarctica. I'm curious to
> > learn other contexts this moniker appears in.
>
> I used it all the time in the AF, when we had a bad unit we'd mark it FNG,
> otherwise known as F***ing No Good.

But in this case, in context, it's F***ing New Guy. We pronounced it
finjy (fin-gee). You could always spot a finjy.

Newby, I'm told, comes from the British educational system, short for New Boy,
for comparison.

-ethan
Received on Mon Nov 16 1998 - 17:10:03 GMT