ICQ
English edit
Etymology edit
Pun on the pronunciation of "I seek you."
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ICQ (plural ICQs)
- (amateur radio) A call for acknowledgement.
Proper noun edit
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 edit
Verb edit
ICQ (third-person singular simple present ICQs, present participle ICQing, simple past and past participle ICQed)
- (transitive, Internet) To send an instant message to (someone) using ICQ.
- 2000 January 14, Greg Miller, “Ethernet Is Changing Dorm Life”, in Los Angeles Times[1]:
- "My friends ICQ me before they call me just to make sure I'm there," said Kurera, a 19-year-old sophomore […]