bixie

/biksee/ , n. Variant emoticons used BIX (the BIX Information eXchange);
the term survived the demise of BIX itself. 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.
