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bixie
/biksee/ , n. Variant emoticon s 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.