different between emoticon vs bixie

English

Etymology

Blend of emotion +? icon

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /??mo?t??k?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m??t??k?n/

Noun

emoticon (plural emoticons)

1. A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
   1. A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley.
   2. An image or graphic icon used to represent such emotions; an emoji.

Translations

See also

• Emoticons appendix
• emotag
• emoji
• kaomoji

Anagrams

• come into

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English emoticon.

Noun

emoticon m (invariable)

1. emoticon

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English emoticon.

Noun

emoticon m (plural emoticons)

1. emoticon (simple drawing using text characters)

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin ?? (bìxié).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi???e?/, /bi??i?e?/

Noun

bixie (plural bixies)

1. A chimaera-like figure common in Chinese and Persian art.

Synonyms

• (mythical beast): chimaera, cloud deer

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ksi/

Noun

bixie (plural bixies)

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