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Irc vs Devoice - What's the difference?

irc | devoice |

As verbs the difference between irc and devoice

is that irc is to participate in IRC (Internet Relay Chat) while devoice is to pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal cords.

As an initialism IRC

is initialism of w:Internet Relay Chat|Internet Relay Chat|lang=en It is a protocol for instant communication via the Internet.

As a noun IRC

is international reply coupon.

irc

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (wikipedia IRC) (en-initialism)
  • (Internet)
  • (postal)

    • Derived terms

    * IRCer

    Noun

  • international reply coupon

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, Internet, informal) To participate in IRC (Internet Relay Chat).
  • * 1995 , Stuart Harris, The Irc Survival Guide
    • <- irced 2 yrs without aliases ...
  • * 2002 , James Arnt Aune, Selling the Free Market
    • ...IRCing can confirm the observation that work and play appear to constitute a continuum for the digerati.
  • * 2004 , Allison Rushby, Friday Night Cocktails
    • ...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...

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    devoice

    English

    Verb

    (devoic)
  • (phonetics) To pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal cords
  • (Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel.