What is the meaning of "xoxo" and where did it originate from ?

Answer 1

Kisses and hugs. The "X" is supposed to be puckered lips and the "O" is a circle that hugs you.

Answer 2

hugs and kisses. "Hugs and Kisses
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Hugs and Kisses is a term for a sequence of the letters X and O, e.g. XOXO, typically used by lovers to express affection at the end of a written letter or email.

It is debatable which letter represents which act. Some interpret X as the crossed arms of a hug and O as the puckered lips of a kiss. However, the interpretation assumed in the following, in which X represents the four lips of a kiss and O the four arms of a hug, is more common.

The use of XOXO goes back to the use of an X or cross, which was considered as good as a sworn oath in times before most people could write and therefore used the X in the same way a signature is used today — a mark of one's word.

An X at the end of a letter or document was often kissed as a seal of honesty, in much the same way one would kiss a Bible or kiss the fingers after making the sign of the Christian cross, thus the X came to represent a kiss in modern times.

The origins of the O as a hug are not generally known, although it is speculated that it may represent the arms wrapped around someone being hugged. Another thought is that it came from Jewish immigrants who would sign with an O instead of an X because they did not wish to mark their word with the obviously Christian cross the X represented.

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Answer 3

Where Did Xoxo Originate

Answer 4

X -- ".One theory holds that the X stands for a kiss because it originally represented a highly stylized picture of two mouths touching -- x. Furthermore, in early times illiterates often signed documents with a St. Andrew's cross of X and kissed that X to show their good faith (as they did with any cross or the Bible, which reinforced the association). But these explanations may be folk etymology, as may the story that mathematically the X is a 'multiplier' -- in this case of love and delight." From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).

The O's began appearing later. I was under the impression that the O's were for hugs, but if you say it stands for love... then it may be the same as "love" in tennis, standing for zero.

Answer 5

The x's are supposed to be kisses and the o's are hugs. So at the end of letters people put xoxoxo instead of "hugs and kisses"

I don't know when it originated or where.

Answer 6

hugs and kisses

Some interpret X as the crossed arms of a hug and O as the puckered lips of a kiss. However, the interpretation assumed in the following, in which X represents the four lips of a kiss and O the four arms of a hug, is more common.


more info - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugs_and_Kisses

Answer 7

x means hugs and the o means kisses so when some one says xoxox they are sending you hugs and kisses.
as to where it comes from I am not sure but I am 50 and it was around for a long time before I was born.

hope that helps.

Answer 8

It's an abbreviation for hugs and kisses and its origins are unknown to me.

Answer 9

hugs and kisses but the people above me all have better answers. give the longer one the 10 points :)

Answer 10

hugs and kisses. don't know the origin.