Meanings
plural oldfags
- InternetderogatoryAn oldbie; a veteran member of an online community, especially 4chan and 2b2t.
Oldfags will post the symbol along with "Newfags can't triforce."
2011, Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web, The Overlook Press, →ISBN2 more examples
The pathetic Usenet oldfags will cling to their pathetic, outdated and boring medium as the new-world forumites rule the Interwebs universe.
2009 June 18, Onslaught Six [username], “Re: I really didn't study for this test”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet)There were many like him—oldfags who believed they were the true Anons.
2012, Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN
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oldfag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oldfag
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