Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bixen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bix-en
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Slang

Example Sentences

"The same thoughts go for BIXen. That used to be quite possibly the best place in the world to hang out."
"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."

Etymology

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

Usage

Slang

Questions

What does bixen mean?: Users of the Byte Information Exchange (BIX) system, which ran from the mid-1980s until 2001.
Where does bixen come from?: Humorous modern use of -en from Middle English; compare VAXen.

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