ICQ
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ICQ
approximate abbreviation of I seek you
Example Sentences
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On Apr. 28, DST paid $188 million for AOL's instant-messenger service ICQ, the leader in that business in Russia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.
From BusinessWeek • Apr. 29, 2010
Additionally, the company said that it sold its instant- messaging service ICQ to Digital Sky Technologies Ltd for $187.5 million and that it is pursuing a sale of social networking site Bebo.
From Reuters • Apr. 28, 2010
With more than 42 million active users and more than half of Russia's instant messaging market, ICQ could fetch $90 million to $200 million, according to analysts' estimates.
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 19, 2010
The teenage son could be going on the Internet via AOL, wandering cyberspace on a Netscape browser and chatting with pals using AOL's ICQ instant messaging service.
From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2000
He doubted you could game during work hours, or scarf new software from the Web, “bum” a friend’s CD, or go on ICQ chat lines and trade funny commercials with friends you’d never met.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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