ICQ
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pun on the pronunciation of "I seek you."
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ICQ (plural ICQs)
- (amateur radio) A call for acknowledgement.
Proper noun[edit]
ICQ
- (Internet) A program allowing users to send each other instant messages via the Internet.
Translations[edit]
Verb[edit]
ICQ (third-person singular simple present ICQs, present participle ICQing, simple past and past participle ICQed)
- (transitive, Internet) To send an instant message to (someone) using ICQ.
- 2000 January 14, Greg Miller, "Ethernet Is Changing Dorm Life"[1], Los Angeles Times,
- "My friends ICQ me before they call me just to make sure I'm there," said Kurera, a 19-year-old sophomore […]
- 2000 January 14, Greg Miller, "Ethernet Is Changing Dorm Life"[1], Los Angeles Times,
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