bixie

Etymology 1
From the romanization of the.

Noun

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

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Japanese: 辟邪
 * Korean: 벽사
 * Persian:
 * Russian: бисе́
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology 2
From BIX, acronym for the Byte Information Exchange, a BBS on which these emoticons became popular.

Noun

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