Word info

boxen

Speech parts

1. boxen - Noun

2. boxen - Adjective

Meaning

Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus).

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Only the following three are commonly found: The following -(e)n plurals are found in dialectal, rare, or archaic usage: The word box, referring to a computer, is occasionally pluralized humorously to boxen in the hacker subculture. Source: Internet

The software community generally refers to GNU Emacs, XEmacs (and a number of other similar editors) collectively or individually as emacsen (by analogy with boxen) or as emacs, since they both take their inspiration from the original TECO Emacs. Source: Internet

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