probie
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈproʊbi/
- Jargon
:
novato
- When I was a probie, I was so scared, I would follow my captain everywhere, just hold on to his jacket.
- probie (new firefighter
- new probie
- nervous probie
Examples
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Standing nervously beside it is a fresh-faced, uniformed PROBIE.
Fiction book (1991) -
Signed up to take the test, and then a couple years later I was in Probie school.
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I treated him better than any other probie I ever had.
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Don't make me call your probie officer here.
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Graham Gibson - once a nervous probie, now a seasoned vet.
Fiction book (2000) -
Probie, how about it?
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A good-looking African-American, "Gib" is a Fire Fighter Fourth Grade, a tank man, and one nervous probie.
Fiction book (2000) -
As a new firefighter, he found it challenging to learn everything as a probie on the team.
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During her first weeks as a probie, she shadowed more experienced officers to gain confidence.
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He felt nervous about being the only probie in the training class, but everyone was supportive.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person new to a job or activity who has little experience
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1.0
A person who has just started to learn or do something
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4.7
A person who is new to a job or activity and has little experience
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3.4
A person new to an activity who has little experience
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8.4
A person new to a subject, skill, or belief
A person new to a job or group
Antonyms
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
probie = probationer + probationary (semi-transparent) = probation + ie
Formed as a clipped, colloquial/diminutive variant of 'probationer'/'probationary' (‑ie), so the connection to being on probation/new is partly guessable but slangy and domain-specific.
Etymology
Probie comes from probationary and probation, words that mean 'on trial' or 'trying out' when someone is new to a job. So a probie is a new person still learning and being watched on the job, especially in police or fire teams.