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ICQ
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English
Etymology
A pun on the pronunciation of I seek you.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ī"sē-kyū', IPA(key): /ˌaɪsiːˈkjuː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
ICQ (plural ICQs)
- (amateur radio) A call for acknowledgement.
Proper noun
ICQ
- (Internet) A program allowing users to send each other instant messages via the Internet.
- 2005, Laura Lambert, Chris Woodford, Christos J. P. Moschovitis, The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 136:
- ICQ was unusual among instant-messaging systems because it used what is called peer-to-peer technology—ICQ users essentially communicated with each other directly, without having all their messages pass through a central server.
Translations
Verb
ICQ (third-person singular simple present ICQs, present participle ICQing, simple past and past participle ICQed)
- (Internet, transitive) To send an instant message to (someone) using ICQ.
- 2000 January 14, Greg Miller, “Ethernet Is Changing Dorm Life”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 30 June 2013:
- "My friends ICQ me before they call me just to make sure I'm there," said Kurera, a 19-year-old sophomore […]
- 2002, Mike Savage, Lake Effect, Savage Press, →ISBN, page 94:
- I'll log-on in Hawaii. If needed we can ICQ from there.
- 2004, Michael C. Westwood, Meeting the President, →ISBN, page 94:
- It shut him up. Never had him ICQ me again.
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