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Leaving your irc client connected to a server and sitting in channels even if you are not at the computer. This allows a group of users to stay in contact even if they are not active all the time.

Many misunderstand this concept and think idling means to stare at an inactive channel for hours on end but it just means leaving your client connected even if you aren't there or are doing other things.

Note: things like the following would not be possible if both users were not idling.
9:56am <user1> so user2 how are the girls?
1:12pm <user2> they are doing great! i just got home.
1:12pm <user1> thats good. tell them hi for me :)
idling by Louva-Deus March 9, 2004
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idle bitching 

the act of venting or criticising something with no intent to serve any improvement of the thing criticised.
Jim goes in to Don's office, complaining about someone or something.
Don is trying to decide whether he's supposed to commiserate or start knocking heads.
Don asked, "is this a problem you want fixed, or just idle bitching?"
idle bitching by slothchunk February 9, 2018
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bone idle 

Bone idle? Only one thing comes to mind:
Onslow
Oh that's our Onslow - bone idle.
bone idle by Patricia Routledge April 11, 2004

Idle morning

When you're at work and there's nothing to do so you cruise the internet and chat until your boss hands you some work.
Dude 1: "Dude, check out Johnson, he's just chilling in his cube cruising the net."
Dude 2: "Yeah, the boss must have forgot about him, so he's having an idle morning today."
Idle morning by Da Vin Chee January 20, 2010

idlebating 

To idlebate is to idle in a chatroom and masturbate to other people's sexual roleplay/textual intercourse.
in a chatroom...
Cat: *moans louder and grips on his shoulders tightly* Oh Daniel!
Daniel: *thrusts with renewed vigor and lets out louder groans while pounding her hard*
Cat: (Kyle is online but he hasn't been talking...)
Daniel: (He must be idlebating... He's wanking to our roleplay)
idlebating by IAmNotErin August 20, 2013
Idli or idly are a type of savory rice cake, originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular as breakfast foods in Southern India and in Sri Lanka. The cakes are made by steaming a batter consisting of fermented black lentils (de-husked) and rice. The fermentation process breaks down the starches so that they are more readily metabolised by the body.
Bren- "What did you have for breakfast?"
Unity- "Idli with chutney"
Idli by Incognitux November 15, 2021

Bone idle 

Bone idle - Someone who would rather die of dehydration than get up and get themselves their own drink.
"Will you get me a drink"

-"Get yourself one"
"But I'll die if i don't have a drink"
*continues to not move*
'"PLEASE"
*continues to not move*
BONE IDLE
Bone idle by JH Leeds June 30, 2019