- Nixie (postal)
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A Nixie is an undeliverable mailing or e-mail message. Address changes are registered in the Nixielist (Nixie-list or Nixie list).
Mailers may also receive information on addresses that are undeliverable for reasons other than a customer move (i.e. notifications) United States Postal ServiceEtymology: From German Nixe feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus "water-elf, crocodile", cognate with Old English nicor "water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus" (English nicker).
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