Tux
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Clipping of tuxedo abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
"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."
- 2 semiformal evening dress for men wordnet
- 1 A cuddly cartoon penguin, the official Linux mascot.
Example
More examples"I've always wanted to wear a tux."
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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