Definitions
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- noun A
chimaera -like figure common in Chinese and Persian art. - noun computing, dated A type of
emoticon such as <@_@>, which represents an unrotated expression, unlike asmiley .
Etymologies
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From Mandarin 辟邪 (bìxié).
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From BIX, acronym for the Byte Information Exchange, a BBS on which these emoticons became popular.
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Examples
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Taylor's collection includes an imperial bowl and a statue of a mythical creature called a bixie, which means to ward off evil.
DailyFinance 2010
tim_retep commented on the word bixie
The most common (smiley) bixie is <@_@>
From the jargonfile
August 11, 2009
tim_retep commented on the word bixie
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.
August 11, 2009