new bug

English

Noun

new bug (plural new bugs)

1. (UK, school slang) A new pupil.
   • 1987 September 17, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Dish and Dishonesty (Blackadder the Third), season 3, episode 1, spoken by Pitt the Younger (Simon Osborne):

     Hello, chappie... You a new bug?

   • 1993, Michael Morpurgo, The War of Jenkins' Ear:

     From the other end Porter was glaring at them. "Hey you! New bug!" The bath fell silent.

Synonyms

• fresher, freshman, novi (Tonbridge School), puny (Oxford University), shadow (Westminster School)

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:beginner

References

• Farmer, John Stephen (1900), The Public School Word-Book‎, London: Hirshfeld Brothers, page 139