Citations:knowbie

Noun: "(Internet) an experienced Internet user"

 * 1998 — "Free Tech Support is All Over the Web", Charlotte Observer, 15 January 1998:
 * So, one of the first places we'll go is Newbie Net (www.newbie.net) -- where, as they say, newbies become knowbies.
 * 2004 — Martha C. Sammons, The Internet Writer's Handbook, Pearson/Longman (2004), ISBN 9780321159557, page 295:
 * Our mission is to help newbies become knowbies.
 * 2005 — William Safire, "The Way We Live Now: 6-19-05: On Language; Qualassurepurp", The New York Times, 19 June 2005:
 * Neither newbie or knowbie, I count myself among the silver surfers, those geezers in Dickensian nightshirts who preceded the blogging guys in pajamas.
 * 2005 — Melissa Chumsky, "Degrading lists circulate through middle school", Lewisboro Ledger, 23 June 2005:
 * Despite this education, cyberbullying creates a new problem specific to the young knowbie generation, Internet savvy youths wielding computers for good or for bad.
 * 2006 — Kenny Bridgeson, Illustrated Dictionary of Information System Management, Lotus Press (2006), ISBN 8189093576, page 175:
 * an enthusiastic newbie (network newcomer) who takes advantage of educational resources in an effort to become a knowbie.
 * 2009 — Maureen Gilmer, "Finding the right gardening Web site", Deseret News, 9 May 2009:
 * Naturally I said "yes" when the Learn2grow.com folks asked me to become the hostess for the Garden Party. Since the site is staffed with some of the best knowbies in the horticulture business, I knew I would be supported by a real knowledge base.