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BIXen

BIXen noun: users of the Byte Information Exchange (BIX) system, which ran from the mid-1980s until 2001.

Noun

BIXen pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) Users of the Byte Information Exchange (BIX) system, which ran from the mid-1980s until 2001.
    • The same thoughts go for BIXen. That used to be quite possibly the best place in the world to hang out.2014, Bruce Hoult, “Re: Mill CPU public talk 6:00 to 8:30PM September 22 at NNUG, Oslo, Norway”, in comp.arch (Usenet)
    • Some BIXen, as we call ourselves, wonder where we will go. We are the virtual dispossessed, cybernetic nomads on the cusp of searching for a niche for ourselves.2000, Kevin J. Cheek, “[PLAQUE]: BIX - Byte Information Exchange [LONG]”, in alt.callahans (Usenet)

Origin of BIXen

Humorous modern use of -en from Middle English; compare VAXen.

Questions about BIXen

What does BIXen mean?
BIXen means users of the Byte Information Exchange (BIX) system, which ran from the mid-1980s until 2001.
What part of speech is BIXen?
BIXen is a noun.

Words near BIXen in the dictionary

  1. bixafen
  2. bixbite
  3. Bixby
  4. bixbyite
  5. Bixbys
  6. BIXen
  7. bixie
  8. bixies
  9. bixin
  10. bixins
  11. Bixler

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