IRC

For the Wiktionary IRC channel, see Wiktionary:IRC channel.

English

Proper noun

IRC

  1. (Internet) Initialism of Internet Relay Chat.
  2. (US law) Initialism of Internal Revenue Code.

Derived terms

Noun

IRC (plural IRCs or IRC's)

  1. (postal) Initialism of international reply coupon.

Verb

IRC (third-person singular simple present IRCs, present participle IRCing, simple past and past participle IRCed)

  1. (intransitive, Internet, informal) To participate in Internet Relay Chat.
    • 1995, Stuart Harris, The Irc Survival Guide:
      <Xantha> <- irced 2 yrs without aliases []
    • 2002, James Arnt Aune, Selling the Free Market:
      [] IRCing can confirm the observation that work and play appear to constitute a continuum for the digerati.
    • 2004, Allison Rushby, Friday Night Cocktails:
      [] not that this is strange or anything, I do the same thing myself when I'm IRCing there're some real weirdos out there roaming the Net []

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.