Does anyone know the meaning of BUX?

Philippines
June 20, 2008 5:59pm CST
There are so many sites named bux and I was wondering what the derivation was for this word. I have seen so many posts about how wonderful bux is and how much money they have made from clicking ads. I have seen an equally large number of posts too who say these are scams. What is a man to think? Are they legit or are they scams? I tried googling for the word bux and there is a mention of a Kuda Bux (ref.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuda_Bux) who appears to be a magician. Are these sites named after this magician?
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marina321
@marina321 (4556)
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21 Jun 08
Could be 'bucks'...even! Magician indeed but well done for starting one crazy post, looking forward to the responses on this one:)
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underdogtoo
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
21 Jun 08
I had hoped for something exotic about the origins of this word but it seems to me I won't be getting anything of that sort. Most of the responses have "bucks". Prosaic, but it makes sense. Cheers!!
marina321
@marina321 (4556)
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22 Jun 08
Underdog, given that you have at least 1000 posts on myLot, I did not think you'd not know what the bux sites are? I have got some listed on my blog with a bit of info on them, the link is on my profile page. The word seems pretty self explanatory so your query should have been about what the sites do but then again, you can find this on the sites, no?:)
paroloza
@paroloza (140)
• United States
20 Jun 08
I think it stands for bucks, but of course I could be totally wrong.
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underdogtoo
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
21 Jun 08
It sounds logical and I can believe it stands for "bucks". Thanks for enlightening me.
reg386
@reg386 (76)
• Philippines
22 Jun 08
I think bux means "bucks". They sound alike but the spelling is different. There are many bux website on the internet today. Bux.to is one of them.
rpegan
@rpegan (596)
• United States
20 Jun 08
Bux is derived from the slang term "bucks," which (from my knowledge) is most commonly slang for the U.S. dollar. Most of these websites are scams, so exercise extreme caution and don't put any of your own money into it.
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underdogtoo
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
21 Jun 08
"bux" and "bucks" do sound the same and I think this is how the name came about as you pointed out. Someone could come and give a completely different meaning or origin but this sounds right.
nupats
@nupats (3564)
• India
24 Jun 08
hi dear i dont know who it is named after but i have also joined some i hope they are not a scam..it is not very easy money we need to wait patiently...pls if u find it is a scam let me also know...thankx have a nice day..
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underdogtoo
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
24 Jun 08
I have also found that it is not easy money however, we just need to hope that it turns out not to be a scam. I doubt if they would really scam people knowing that it would mean the end of this kind of website and from what I could see, there seems to be more of them sprouting all over the place.