maxi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æksi
Forms: form: maxis
Etymology: Back-formation from maximum on the analogy of minimum and mini.
Senses: examples: text: Your upcoming Instagram beach photos are begging you to snag this bright orange maxi. BEGGING. Like, oof! Do you see that high slit? 10/10. No notes.
ref: 2023 June 16, Megan Uy, “25 Absolutely Gorgeous Crochet Clothing Pieces You Won’t Stop Wearing This Summer”, in Cosmopolitan:
coordinate_terms: mini
midi
glosses: A dress, coat or skirt having a maxi hemline.
examples: text: I used to be a diehard maxi, but now I'm less optimistic about the future of Bitcoin.
text: But in general, the speaker lineup is heavy on maxis. That doesn't reflect the makeup of the crowd, and it certainly doesn't reflect everyone who ventured to Miami.
ref: 2022 April 28, Elizabeth Lopatto, “Crypto is winning, and Bitcoin diehards are furious about it”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2023:
text: The maxis continued buying Bitcoin even after its price plummeted to an 18-month low of roughly $20,000 in June.
ref: 2022 August 2, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Crypto Market Crashed. They're Still Buying Bitcoin.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2023:
text: He's [Jack Mallers] known as a "Bitcoin maxi"—crypto slang for those who favor only the original cryptocurrency and are contemptuous of newer blockchains like Ethereum and Solana.
ref: 2022 September 27, Jeff John Roberts, “Bitcoin rapid payment service Strike raises $80M, takes aim at Visa”, in Fortune, New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2023:
text: Many of these entities have bought into the asset's "digital gold" narrative, pioneered by early maxis and subsequently popularized by MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor.
ref: 2023 August 10, Christopher Louis Tsu, “BlackRock Vs. The Bitcoin Maxis: Is BTC Money Or A Store Of Value?”, in Bitcoin Magazine, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2023:
text: Bitcoiners have always suffered from a big dose of hubris and boosterism. As far as so called bitcoin-maxis are concerned, bitcoin (BTC) is perfection in code.
ref: 2023 September 18, Clem Chambers, “Will Ordinals Destroy Bitcoin?”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023:
glosses: A Bitcoin maximalist; one who is extremely dedicated to investing in Bitcoin.
glosses: Abbreviation of maxi boat.
examples: text: We release maxis at the local price in the most important territories — Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, etc.
ref: 1995, Billboard, volume 107, number 27, page 48:
glosses: Abbreviation of maxi single.
examples: text: We did it, maxi users. We made you a maxier maxi. We put in a special reserve protection system: more absorbent material precisely where you need it most (but not bulkier).
ref: 1979, Redbook: The Magazine for Young Adults - Volume 153, page 203:
glosses: Abbreviation of maxipad.
examples: text: Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.
ref: 1976, E. Salkovitz, “Science, Technology, and the Modern Navy: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1946-1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), United States. Office of Naval Research, page 474:
glosses: Abbreviation of maxicomputer.
Related terms: word: max
word: maxi-
word: mini
topics: nautical
transport
word: supermaxi
word: maxi-pad