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Eggie vs Aggie - What's the difference?

eggie | aggie |

As nouns the difference between eggie and aggie

is that eggie is an Eggdrop bot: a kind of automated IRC user with various functionality while aggie is marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate.

As a proper noun Aggie is

a diminutive of the female given names Agnes and Agatha.

eggie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (internet slang) An (Eggdrop) bot: a kind of automated IRC user with various functionality.
  • * 1998 , "DRDeaTH", Re: Help: Starting an IRC Bot?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.irc.bots )
  • about $5 a month will get ya a shell with 2 eggies
  • * 2000 , "Chika", Re: ideas?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.irc )
  • I think that Efnet and IRCnet, among others, prove that nick/chanserv is not an indispensible 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!

    aggie

    English

    Etymology 1

    A diminutive shortening of (agate)

    Noun

  • Marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate
  • Etymology 2

    A diminutive shortening of (agricultural)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.
  • (US) A student or alumnus of such a school.