Meanings
plural Miggies
- informalA Commodore Amiga computer.
I had no problems with using WD hard drives on my Miggies.
1998, Zorko Antonic, “Western Digital HD”, in comp.sys.amiga.applications (Usenet)2 more examples
Fantastic, superb, brilliant, bloody marvellous — I could go on and on calling out superlatives about Xenon 2. It's had enough pre-release hype to rival Batman and it's blown away all other Miggy shoot-'em-ups to date and I can safely say, for quite a while to come as well.
1989, Xenon II Megablast (video game review in Zzap! issue 54, October 1989)Then do like I do and keep the Miggy for all e-mail and news. No dodgy headers to give you away then :-)
1997, Chris Hewitt, “Where Is everybody?”, in demon.ip.support.amiga (Usenet)
Origin
Diminutive form of Amiga + -y.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Miggy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Miggy
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