Meanings
nounnewsgroupie (plural newsgroupies)
plural newsgroupies
- InternetslangA user of Internet newsgroups; a newsgrouper.
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. :)
1999 March 27, AmyGrantfn, “Pic of Newsgroupies?”, in rec.music.artists.amy-grant (Usenet)
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Origin
From newsgroup + -ie, influenced by groupie.
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APA
newsgroupie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsgroupie
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“newsgroupie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsgroupie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newsgroupie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsgroupie.
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