tux

English · Français · Deutsch

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

tux^¹

/tʌks/

Rhymes with -ʌks

noun tuxes

abbreviation, 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

Tux^²

/tʌks/

Rhymes with -ʌks

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

A cuddly cartoon penguin, the official Linux mascot.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"tux." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tux. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tux. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tux

Chicago

"tux." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tux.

BibTeX

@misc{tux_2026,
  title = {tux},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tux},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

tux