oldfag

English

Etymology

old +‎ -fag

Pronunciation

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Noun

oldfag (plural oldfags)

1. (Internet slang) An oldbie; a veteran member of an online community, especially 4chan and 2b2t.
   • 2009 June 18, Onslaught Six [username], “Re: I really didn't study for this test”, in alt.toys.transformers‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The pathetic Usenet oldfags will cling to their pathetic, outdated and boring medium as the new-world forumites rule the Interwebs universe.

   • 2011, Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web‎^[2], The Overlook Press, →ISBN:

     Oldfags will post the symbol along with "Newfags can't triforce."

   • 2012, Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency‎^[3], Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

     There were many like him—oldfags who believed they were the true Anons.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:oldfag.

Antonyms

• newbie, newfag (Internet, slang, derogatory)