i see it on instant messenger all the time. Does it mean that you are away or what???
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2007-08-10 16:51:54 · 12 answers · asked by Natalie 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
k so they should answer me if i start talking to them?
2007-08-10 17:02:09 · update #1
Just means that it still running, but there has been no one using it (ie no mouse clicks etc), for a certain amount of time.
2007-08-10 16:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by Glenn A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idle on Instant messenger means that they haven't been at the computer in a set amount of time. It depends on when it kicks in. (sometimes 5 minutes, 10, etc.)
When they come back to the computer, then the idle message goes away.
2007-08-10 16:58:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread from English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of scholarly debate for many years until Allen Walker Read showed that OK is based on a joke of sorts. OK is first recorded in 1839 but was probably in circulation before that date. During the 1830s there was a humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to reduce a phrase to initials and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes the abbreviations were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March 1839 as an abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor the K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren's 1840 campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation proved eminently suitable for political slogans. That same year, an editorial referring to the receipt of a pin with the slogan O.K. had this comment: “frightful letters... significant of the birth-place of Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying word of the Democracy of the late election, ‘all correct’.... Those who wear them should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous exertions... to make all things O.K.”
2016-05-19 04:39:26 · answer #3 · answered by elizabeth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the person hasn't used the messenger for awhile and it usually has the time next to it
2007-08-10 16:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by xojanelleox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idle on i.m. means that that person has been gone for a long while. u can also set urself as idle. it is just a property that the user can be on. hope i could help! ;)
2007-08-10 17:04:00 · answer #5 · answered by Brenna L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means they're there, but not active. Like when a car is running but not being driven -- it's idle.
2007-08-10 16:55:59 · answer #6 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you are online, but not communicating on the messenger.
2007-08-10 16:59:13 · answer #7 · answered by Sa_San 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idle means not doing anything
2007-08-10 17:41:33 · answer #8 · answered by michelle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not doing anything. Not preocessing, or moving.
2007-08-10 16:56:16 · answer #9 · answered by bedbye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that u have nothing to do...u r always free
2007-08-10 16:57:03 · answer #10 · answered by ultra modern chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋