Etymologies
- Coined by James Hughes as a short form of Torvalds Unix (after Linus Torvalds), perhaps also influenced by the tux (tuxedo) that penguins are sometimes humorously said to be wearing. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Tux is an onigiri stuffed with tuna (since any good penguin wants to be stuffed with fish!).”
“Tux is my main server — it hosts most of my websites, my DNS (think of DNS as a sort of an Internet phone book — it matches cvillenews. com to 216.12.86.3), a bunch of e-mail addresses, etc.”
“We took in a black and white stray cat which I wanted to call Tux, after the Linux penguin, but the name never stuck, and so his name is “Cat”.”
“Creatures such as Tux the penguin have become bizarrely treasured icons , while others, such as recent roadside-autopsy subject Jeeves, are better off in the hereafter.”
“The resemblance was very remarkable and standing with the tall boy in his "Tux" the girl in her butterfly gown made quite a charming little picture.”
“Albert wore his "Tux" at the Red Men's Ball and hearts palpitated beneath new muslin gowns and bitter envy stirred beneath the Brockton "Advanced Styles.”
“Yeah, Super Tux is a replica of our good old Super Mario game, except for the "Tux".”
“Watch closely: irb (main): 015: 0 > pals = \% w {Tux Geeko Linus} = > [ "Tux", "Geeko", "Linus"] irb (main): 016: 0 > pals. each do | i | irb (main): 017: 1* puts "# {i} is my homeboy!" irb (main): 018: 1 > end”
“A retired construction worker, Dorwan spent his spare time fixing up the church along with his dog, Tux.”
The Huffington Post: Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [151] -- Obama's Speech
“Since I think that cheese on rice or Nori is weird, Tux is actually made out of omelette.”
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