Definition of "IRC"

IRC

proper noun
1. (Internet) Initialism of Internet Relay Chat.
2. (US law) Initialism of Internal Revenue Code.
3. Initialism of International Rescue Committee.
noun
plural IRCs or IRC's
1. (postal) Initialism of international reply coupon.
verb
third-person singular simple present IRCs, present participle IRCing, simple past and past participle IRCed
1. (intransitive, Internet, informal) To participate in Internet Relay Chat.
  Quotations
  <Xantha> <- irced 2 yrs without aliases […]
  1995, Stuart Harris, The Irc Survival Guide
  […] IRCing can confirm the observation that work and play appear to constitute a continuum for the digerati.
  2002, James Arnt Aune, Selling the Free Market
  […] not that this is strange or anything, I do the same thing myself when I'm IRCing — there're some real weirdos out there roaming the Net […]
  2004, Allison Rushby, Friday Night Cocktails