verb
iggy
verb
1
To ignore or block someone on a chat program or social platform.
"He kept spamming the group chat, so she iggied him."
noun
1
The block or ignore feature on a chat platform.
"Just put him on iggy if he keeps being annoying."
2
Informal name for the Italian Greyhound dog breed.
"Their iggy shivered in the cold despite its little sweater."
How to Use Iggy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishInternet slang for blocking someone in chat, or a nickname for the Italian Greyhound dog.
Easily confused with
Iggy (nickname for Ignatius)
Word Forms
iggied past tense, iggies plural, Iggies plural, iggies singular
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Etymology
The chat sense comes from clipping "ignore" and adding the informal -y ending; the dog sense is simply a nickname formed the same way from "Italian Greyhound."