Meanings
nounBIXen pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyslangcomputingUsers of the Byte Information Exchange (BIX) system, which ran from the mid-1980s until 2001.
The same thoughts go for BIXen. That used to be quite possibly the best place in the world to hang out.
2014, Bruce Hoult, “Re: Mill CPU public talk 6:00 to 8:30PM September 22 at NNUG, Oslo, Norway”, in comp.arch (Usenet)1 more example
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.
2000, Kevin J. Cheek, “[PLAQUE]: BIX - Byte Information Exchange [LONG]”, in alt.callahans (Usenet)
Origin
Humorous modern use of -en from Middle English; compare VAXen.
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APA
BIXen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BIXen
MLA
“BIXen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BIXen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “BIXen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BIXen.
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