From e- + circle.
e-circle (plural e-circles)
- A social circle on the Internet.
2000, Dennis A. Trinkle, Scott A. Merriman, History.edu: Essays on Teaching with Technology, page vii:Virtual communities, Web-conferencing, chat rooms, e-circles — the names for the new computer technologies of the 1990s resonate with images of collaboration.
2010, J. A. English-Lueck, Being and Well-Being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley:His godfather, part of yet another family, helps him maintain an e-circle of friends who make up his garage band.