IRC

1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Internet Relay Chat.
2. USabbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of Internal Revenue Code.

   Additionally, highly compensated employees or workers with earned income exceeding the dollar amount in effect under IRC section 414(q)(1)(B)(i) are ineligible to receive the deduction.

   2025 May 28, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 12

3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of International Rescue Committee.

plural IRCs · plural IRC's

1. abbreviationinitialismpostalInitialism of international reply coupon.

present singular third person IRCs · participle present IRCing · participle past IRCed · past IRCed

1. InternetinformalintransitiveTo participate in Internet Relay Chat.

   <Xantha> <- irced 2 yrs without aliases […]

   1995, Stuart Harris, The Irc Survival Guide

   2 more examples

   […] IRCing can confirm the observation that work and play appear to constitute a continuum for the digerati.

   2002, James Arnt Aune, Selling the Free Market

   […] 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 […]

   2004, Allison Rushby, Friday Night Cocktails