newsgroupie

English

Etymology

From newsgroup +‎ -ie.

Noun

newsgroupie (plural newsgroupies)

1. (Internet, slang) A user of Internet newsgroups; a newsgrouper.
   • 1999 March 27, AmyGrantfn, “Pic of Newsgroupies?”, in rec.music.artists.amy-grant‎^[1] (Usenet):

     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. :)