The funniest thing about this whole thread is the person complaining about "noob" is using a form of leet speak himself. Newbie is where it all came from therefore Newb, would be the condensed version. Not NOOB.
Lol its true everyone is tryin to change the way we speek in games i like the old school speak with the real NOOB callin Lol
Newbie and newb are used to make fun of someone who is just starting with a game or something. Noob is more commonly used to describe someone who sucks at life and everything they do. At least that's how I learned it.
nub = the gayest word ever made up. Its actually just noob or newb, but people had to rape it so it became nub