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tux

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/tʌks/

Definition of tux

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial)Clipping of tuxedo
    “After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes.”
    “But in the depths of the Washington Hilton, packed with some 2,500 people, we were largely in the dark – a giant room full of reporters, clad in gowns and tuxes, eager to get the facts while trying to stay safe and obey instructions.”
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noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial)Clipping of tuxedo
    “After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes.”
    “But in the depths of the Washington Hilton, packed with some 2,500 people, we were largely in the dark – a giant room full of reporters, clad in gowns and tuxes, eager to get the facts while trying to stay safe and obey instructions.”

name

  1. A cuddly cartoon penguin, the official Linux mascot.

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Etymology

Coined by James Hughes as a short form of Torvalds Unix (after Linus Torvalds), perhaps also influenced by tux, referring to the tuxedo that penguins are sometimes humorously said to be wearing.

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