oldfag

English

Etymology

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      The pathetic Usenet oldfags will cling to their pathetic, outdated and boring medium as the new-world forumites rule the Interwebs universe.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

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