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¿Question #229770?
mattomaw: Having received PD's extensive egg knowledge, what he says sunny side up is what Robin calls runny eggs. So I repeat - what are runny eggs? Does it mean the white (albumen) is still kind of runny as well? This egg stuff is really confusing me!

rayzg: No one uses the term "runny eggs" in Canada (especially not in Quebec). But (according to what I saw on Google) I think runny eggs in the UK are soft-boiled eggs whose yolks are still runny but the white is cooked.
ocdspectrum: Runny eggs are the busted hymen of breakfast.
0Shea0: It matters not. Over-easy is the only proper way to order an egg. I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL!!!! *sigh* I wish my body didn't literally try to kill itself when I consumed eggs.... I miss eggs.
imyourskribe: I just poached a couple eggs and had them over marble rye. Yum.
PolarDad: I think in the US, a server would assume you were asking for sunny side up eggs. I guess you could go all Rocky and crack an egg into a glass and then drink it. That's pretty runny.
RealGuest: I've not heard the term runny eggs as a technical term. I'd just think it was somewhere between uncooked and Over medium. Some portion of the egg is still runny.
Derang3d: I think that's soft-boiled, maybe?
pricero1: And don't forget sunny side up. (That's what to order in the US.)
MABBY: If I wanted runny eggs, I'd expect there to be slimy parts of raw whites in there as well. There is a way to properly cook sunny side up and have everything cooked but the yolks still runny: Over low heat you add a tablespoon of water to the frying pan with the raw eggs, then cover the pan so the steam created cooks the thin slimy top of the yolk (but making it turn white in the process).
freechinanow: When I was a kid I would always order “sunny side down”. When asked if I meant “over hard”, I would explain that I want a sunny-side up egg, just flipped over on the plate. Ha! Again, I was a kid, but looking back on it it was such a rock star request, like only wanting the red M&M’s or something.
Woelf: I assumed it meant the yolk was still slightly gooey instead of being cooked through, not eating the egg with portions of it still raw.