BIXen

English

Etymology

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

Noun

BIXen pl (plural only)

  1. (computing, slang) Users of the Byte Information Exchange (BIX) system, which ran from the mid-1980s until 2001.
    • 2014, "Bruce Hoult", Re: Mill CPU public talk 6:00 to 8:30PM September 22 at NNUG, Oslo, Norway (on newsgroup comp.arch)
      The same thoughts go for BIXen. That used to be quite possibly the best place in the world to hang out.
    • 2000, "Kevin J. Cheek", [PLAQUE]: BIX - Byte Information Exchange [LONG] (on newsgroup alt.callahans)
      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.

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