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Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. A chimaera-like figure common in Chinese and Persian art.
  2. n. computing, dated A type of emoticon such as <@_@>, which represents an unrotated expression, unlike a smiley.

Etymologies

  1. From BIX, acronym for the Byte Information Exchange, a BBS on which these emoticons became popular. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Taylor's collection includes an imperial bowl and a statue of a mythical creature called a bixie, which means to ward off evil.”

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Words with the same meaning

  1. chimaera
  1. cloud deer

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  • tim_retep bixie (plural bixies)

    1. A chimaera-like figure common in Chinese and Persian art.

    2. Variant emoticons used BIX (the BIX Information eXchange); the term survived the demise of BIX itself. Aug 11, 2009

  • tim_retep The most common (smiley) bixie is

    From the jargonfile Aug 11, 2009

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‘bixie’ has been looked up 375 times, added to 2 lists, commented on 2 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.