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English Dictionary: bixie by the DICT Development Group
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   bixie /bik'see/ n.   Variant {emoticon}s used on BIX (the BIX
   Information eXchange).   The most common ({smiley}) bixie is <@_@>,
   representing two cartoon eyes and a mouth.   These were originally
   invented in an SF fanzine called APA-L and imported to BIX by one of
   the earliest users.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   bixie
  
      /bik'see/ Variant {emoticon}s used on {Byte Information
      eXchange}.   The {smiley} bixie is <@_@>, apparently intending
      to represent two cartoon eyes and a mouth.   A few others have
      been reported.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-11-29)
  
  
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