Growing up we always referred to an overhard egg as a fried egg. When I got to college and went to the "cooked as you like" egg station I asked for a fried egg. The girl had no idea what I was talking about. I said, "Like the egg patties at McDonald's?" and she responded, "You mean overhard." I said, "If that will get me a fried egg, sure." All I knew was that it was a broken yolk made into a egg patty and we ate them between two slices of toast. I was also pretty homesick and just wanted something that reminded me of home. I was frustrated.
If we had had google, I could have used this:
http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/16990/can-someone-please-give-an-explanation-of-different-egg-preparations