proggie
UK/ˈpɹɒɡi/
proggie noun: a program, especially (historical) an externally produced hacking tool used to attack other users on early America Online services.
Noun (1)
proggie (plural proggies)
- A program, especially (historical) an externally produced hacking tool used to attack other users on early America Online services.
- Ben bought a laptop shortly after and we would stay up all night making proggies with Visual Basic to use on AOL. These proggies were platform based applications that allowed us to do numerous things online, to other customers.2008, Eric James, Shades of the Moon: Brawls before Laws, page 37
- The hackers had homemade programs, which they called proggies, and each proggie had some stupid scary-sounding name that paid homage to the miasma of gangsta rap and Mountain Dew from which it had been born.2011, Justin Taylor, The Gospel of Anarchy: A Novel
Noun (2)
proggie (plural proggies)
- A progressive.
- Proggies want to regress society to pre-market era, when the "economy" was run by nobility and priests - in effect, there was no economy. The proggies have different names for the people running the economy and making the decision, but it's functionally the same thing.2015 January 3, Rudy Canoza, “Re: The Left's Central Delusion: Sowell nails it, as usual”, in can.politics (Usenet)
Forms of proggie
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Origin of proggie
From prog + -ie.
Clipping of progressive + -ie.
Words that rhyme with proggie
Questions about proggie
- What does proggie mean?
- Proggie means a program, especially (historical) an externally produced hacking tool used to attack other users on early America Online services.
- What part of speech is proggie?
- Proggie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce proggie?
- Proggie is pronounced /ˈpɹɒɡi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of proggie?
- The plural of proggie is proggies.
Words near proggie in the dictionary
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