A fork of Rural Dictionary
1. i.e. Abbreviation of Latin 'Id Est' meaning "that is" (to say).
2. Abbreviation of Internet Explorer - often proceeded by the version number. A software application developed by the Microsoft Corporation used to browse the world wide web (www).
1. I like thick spaghetti i.e. the fresh variety.
(not to be confused with e.g. (for example) - i.e. provides an explanation rather than an example.
2. I browse the web using IE6.
Acronym for 'inland empire' in Southern California.
sam (3:32:00 PM): going to monster?
mark (3:32:08 PM): no
sam (3:32:14 PM): a swing party out in the IE
1) Acronym for Inland Empire, located in Southern California
2) The area in So Cal. consisting of cities in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
3) One of the largest and toughest prison gangs in California
4) The Meth capital of the world
Prisons are full of the homies from I.E., especially Chino.
Microsoft's crap attempt at an Internet browser. It's very basic design means many viruses are able to infect your computer easily along with lots of spyware and adware. Smarter people chose to use other browsers like FireFox, Operah and Safari.
Person 1: Oh crap man, my computer has 7000+ viruses
Person 2: That's because you use IE ¬_¬
Abbreviation for an inland empire, The IE is often used to define a geographical location comprised of barren desert, an absence of living things, and an area of minimal infrastructure such as lacking electricity, plumbing and roads.
Early southwestern settlers predating the 20th century had to survive conditions of a land that can only be defined as The IE, though these conditions still persist to present day requiring inhabitants to travel by lifted truck.
Fail.
Basically a "thumbs down" for Microsoft Internet Explorer, the worst internet browser ever created.
If you use IE, you fail. FAIL!
Josh: Oh man that dude is IE
Emily: IE?
Josh: You know that browser developed by Microsoft
Emily: Oh that browser is FAIL
Josh: Exactly
Emily: I get it now (laughs)