eggie

English

Etymology

From egg +‎ -ie.

Noun

eggie (plural eggies)

1. diminutive of egg
2. (Internet slang) An Eggdrop bot: a kind of automated IRC user with various functionality.
   • 1998, DRDeaTH, “Re: Help: Starting an IRC Bot?”, in alt.irc.bots (Usenet):

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

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

     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!