iggy

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verb

To ignore (a user on a chat system, etc.).

“Sniper, I'm putting you on iggy until you stop posting all those song lyrics.”

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

iggy1

verbiggy (third-person singular simple present iggies, present participle iggying, simple past and past participle iggied)

present singular third person iggies · participle present iggying · participle past iggied · past iggied

  1. InternettransitiveTo ignore (a user on a chat system, etc.).

    I'm just here to tell you that iggying people who give you problems is rarely a way to personal growth.

    2007, AllYou!, “On Resentments and Buried Anger”, in alt.support.marriage (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    […] sometimes they just really get under your skin but that is what they want to do. Just try to iggy them and you can always filter them out

    2002, MAGNOLIATR, “Cleaning up this group?”, in misc.transport.trucking (Usenet)

    i wrote somethin^([sic]) to jammer and another thing to ginger, 2 things to ginger, and a few other things and got completely iggied and they were online cuz they replied to everybody.

    2003, darix29, “well its^([sic]) decided”, in alc.suicide (Usenet)
nouniggy (plural iggies)

plural iggies

  1. InternetThe ignore function of such a chat system.

    Sniper, I'm putting you on iggy until you stop posting all those song lyrics.

iggy2

nouniggy (plural iggies)

plural iggies

  1. alternativechildishAlternative form of iggie (“an iguana”).

Iggy3

nounIggy (plural Iggies)

plural Iggies

Iggy4

proper noun

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Italian greyhound.

Origin

iggy · verb, noun

Diminutive ignore + -y.

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Iggy · proper noun

Clipping + -y.

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Cite this entry
APA

iggy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iggy

MLA

“iggy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iggy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iggy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iggy.

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