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Something I've always been confused about...when you write "xoxo" what is the "x" and what is the "o". I've thought "x" is hugs and "o" is kisses. Agree or disagree?
Campbell James - 3.6.2010
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  • I always assumed the X is a hug and O is a kiss...I'm with you.

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  • imageautumn wren:

    I always assumed the X is a hug and O is a kiss...I'm with you.

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  • I agree with that too.  I always think that you make a sort of "x" with your arms when you hug and you make an "o" with your mouth when you kiss.
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  • I actually have always thought the opposite.  You encircle the person with a hug "o" and Kiss, you pucker your lips so "x". 
  • I'm the opposite. I've always thought x was kiss, hug was o. Not sure why.
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  • After doing a little research several sites say an X is a kiss. People would sign documents with an X and then kiss it to make it official. The O represents arms around you but came around much later, the 1700s.
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  • imageautumn wren:

    I always assumed the X is a hug and O is a kiss...I'm with you.



    This.  

    Probably because of the saying "Hugs and Kisses" (Xs and Os)
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  • I'm glad some people see the other way - I could really go either way because all of the reasons make sense to me! Interesting that the sites say the opposite of what I think. I'm always self conscious of using it with some people so I end up just writing "hugs" because if I say "xx" they may think "kiss kiss" and I don't wanna go that far! Lol.
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  • imagemrsbaecker101108:
    I actually have always thought the opposite.  You encircle the person with a hug "o" and Kiss, you pucker your lips so "x". 

    ditto. 

  • imagemrsbaecker101108:
    I actually have always thought the opposite.  You encircle the person with a hug "o" and Kiss, you pucker your lips so "x". 

    Yeah this is what I thought!  That's funny - I would have never thought it was different!

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  • imagemrsbaecker101108:
    I actually have always thought the opposite.  You encircle the person with a hug "o" and Kiss, you pucker your lips so "x". 

    Me too.

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  • imageFutureMrsNAH:
    I'm glad some people see the other way - I could really go either way because all of the reasons make sense to me! Interesting that the sites say the opposite of what I think. I'm always self conscious of using it with some people so I end up just writing "hugs" because if I say "xx" they may think "kiss kiss" and I don't wanna go that far! Lol.

    Hahahaha

  • I think x are kisses and o's are hugs.  Jess uses that all the time, I'm sure she'd know!
  • imageautumn wren:

    I always assumed the X is a hug and O is a kiss...I'm with you.

    Call me crazy, but I swear my first grade teacher taught us the opposite.

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  • imagemrsbaecker101108:
    I actually have always thought the opposite.  You encircle the person with a hug "o" and Kiss, you pucker your lips so "x". 

    This is what I thought it was. 

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  • x is kiss. o is hugs.

    I've never even considered it another way.  The kissy face emoticon (typically) is :-* and a star is a lot like an x. That's not my reasoning, but I wanted to point it out.

    You don't see people typing :-o to make kissy faces, they type that to make blowjob faces. So maybe xoxo is really "kisses and bj's" Surprise

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  • imageMarJo03:

    x is kiss. o is hugs.

    I've never even considered it another way.  The kissy face emoticon (typically) is :-* and a star is a lot like an x. That's not my reasoning, but I wanted to point it out.

    You don't see people typing :-o to make kissy faces, they type that to make blowjob faces. So maybe xoxo is really "kisses and bj's" Surprise

    OMG I really really needed this!! LMAO

  • Well I'm glad I asked this question!! So if I want to just say "hugs" without typing it out I would just say: "oo, Summer". That is so weird to me now - my world has been rocked!! (j/k).

    Nick also agrees with o = hugs and x=kisses when asked. He says he never thought about it just makes sense. Whatever! And I can't believe Jackie learned this in 1st grade and I'm just now figuring it out!

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  • imageMarJo03:

    You don't see people typing :-o to make kissy faces, they type that to make blowjob faces. So maybe xoxo is really "kisses and bj's" Surprise

    BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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  • imageMarJo03:

    x is kiss. o is hugs.

    I've never even considered it another way.  The kissy face emoticon (typically) is :-* and a star is a lot like an x. That's not my reasoning, but I wanted to point it out.

    You don't see people typing :-o to make kissy faces, they type that to make blowjob faces. So maybe xoxo is really "kisses and bj's" Surprise

    LOL! "o" is for "adult kisses"!! 

  • Way late on this but I always thought X was kiss and O was hug. I've never heard of it being the other way.
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