Toodaloo Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 When texting when do you use a x and what you you mean by it? Just curious...
WonderWoman911 Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 The only time I use a 'x' in text messages is when it refers to Xoxo... 1
regine_phalange Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 My mum uses it when she texts me. It means "kisses" xxx
Author Toodaloo Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 My mum uses it when she texts me. It means "kisses" xxx That is exactly what I have used it for. A sort of text hug/ blow a kiss for close relatives and friends. I use them a lot with my close girlfriends (and lover when I have one), people to whom I have a particularly close relationship and normally kiss and hug when I see them. I use them sparingly with people who are not so close in the same context in which I would hug them i.e. "I am so sorry to hear your father died xx" I have read a couple of articles. One says that the use of x at the end of emails and messages is becoming widespread and causing many problems as it is misinterpreted by the recipient... It started with a kiss... How use of X's in texts and emails spark more than a half of office affairs | Daily Mail Online Another said that it means nothing and is commonly being used as a full stop... The Big 'X': What Do Virtual Kisses Really Mean? | Opinion | Grazia Daily Just pondering if its an "age" thing or something like that. Personally, unless its from close friends and family I take it as flirting...
elaine567 Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 I agree that some use it as a full stop or in the same way you would use a signature xx
preraph Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 I used to use it with all my friends, just like a casual thing. Don't take it seriously. If someone really kisses you, you'll know.
Frank2thepoint Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 When texting when do you use a x and what you you mean by it? As a man I don't use it. Never saw or experienced another (hetereosexual) man use it. It seems to be a lady's domain. But I have received it from women before, and "X" means kisses. Wish there was a way to turn those "Xs" into real kisses.
GemmaUK Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Always an x or xx to male or female friends, never to my boss. I get into trouble with a partner if I forget an x or send less than normal. These are the type of partners I do not want to date again..and won't.
veggirl Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Isn't that a british thing? I've never had someone text me x or xx or whatever, but I see screencaps of British peoples texts and they will end EVERY SINGLE TEXT with xx lol. I use xoxo to my bf sometimes. I write xo to my sister after I say something jokingly mean.
Gloria25 Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 VIsn't that a british thing? I've never had someone text me x or xx or whatever, but I see screencaps of British peoples texts and they will end EVERY SINGLE TEXT with xx lol. I use xoxo to my bf sometimes. I write xo to my sister after I say something jokingly mean. Lol...I have family in the UK, but never noticed a use of "x" in dealing with them.
StanMusial Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 XOXO means hugs and kisses. Signing with an X means you're illiterate. 3
elaine567 Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Signing with an X means you're illiterate. https://historymyths.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/myth-120-using-x-for-kiss-comes-from-illiterate-people-signing-a-document-and-kissing-their-signature/
spiderowl Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 I use an x for friends, good friends too. If I use an xx, that is for best friends and for family. If I use an x for a guy who seems interested in me, it's because I'm getting to know him and thinking it's a bit too soon for more. If I use xx for a male friend, it's a sign that he's the one I'm interested in at the moment and therefore special to me. He probably doesn't know this little code of mine. If I started having doubts about him, having used two xxs, I'd drop it to one x. It probably seems silly and I don't know why I do this but it suits me and is meaningful to me. Immediate family will get loads of xxs whenever I feel they need that bit extra. Strangers I'm not too keen on but need to communicate with will get no xs, but they will get a clear full stop at the end of all sentences. It's a sign that I'm being formal. Any guys who get a full stop and no xs are likely to be onto a loser!
StanMusial Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 XXX was also used to mark a jug of moonshine. More recently it means X-rated or pornographic content.
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