eggie

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noun

An Eggdrop bot: a kind of automated IRC user with various functionality.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

nouneggie (plural eggies)

plural eggies

  1. diminutiveDiminutive of egg.

    Anyway, as soon as I could get my head into the car--3PM today--I drove home. Roz and hubby were starting with the iced vodka and fish eggies, really making my stommie lurch...had to get out of there.

    2001 September 3, Viva, “Birthday Greetings...”, in alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 Dec 2025
  2. InternetAn Eggdrop bot: a kind of automated IRC user with various functionality.

    about $5 a month will get ya a shell with 2 eggies

    1998, DRDeaTH, “Re: Help: Starting an IRC Bot?”, in alt.irc.bots (Usenet)
    1 more example

    I think that Efnet and IRCnet, among others, prove that nick/chanserv is not an indispensible^([sic]) requirement, as long as you have reasonable alternatives (eggdrop bots, etc.) Indeed some folk I know even object to eggies on a channel and will avoid them like the proverbial plague!

    2000, Chika, “Re: ideas?”, in alt.irc (Usenet)

Origin

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APA

eggie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eggie

MLA

“eggie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eggie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eggie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eggie.

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