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Fixie vs Bixie - What's the difference?

fixie | bixie |

As nouns the difference between fixie and bixie

is that fixie is a fixed-gear bicycle while bixie is a chimaera-like figure common in Chinese and Persian art.

fixie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A fixed-gear bicycle.
  • * 2013 , Gordon Young, Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City (page 107)
    • Coming from San Francisco, where gentrification swept through neighborhoods faster than hipster trends like fixies , tattoos, and retro eighties wardrobes, I didn't think Erin had anything to worry about.
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    • bixie

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (s)
  • A chimaera-like figure common in Chinese and Persian art.
    • Synonyms
    * (mythical beast) chimaera, cloud deer

    References

    * Bixie-Be-Gone.

    Etymology 2

    From BIX, acronym for the , a BBS on which these emoticons became popular.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, dated) A type of emoticon such as <@_@>, which represents an unrotated expression, unlike a smiley.