when you have xoxo, which one is the hug and which one is the kiss? i think that the x is the hug cause it looks like arms reaching out to hug. the o kind of looks like a mouth?
which one do you think it is? be specific with reasons! the most interesting answer will get 10 points!
2006-11-01 05:43:06 · 6 answers · asked by ? 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
all go with smiles.!!
LOL.............
2006-11-01 05:45:41 · answer #1 · answered by prince47 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The X stands for a kiss and the O for a hug.
"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).
From the 'Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins' by Robert
Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997):
"Valentine's Day greetings often include a string of XXX to represent kisses. During the Middle Ages those who could not write their names signed legal documents with an 'X'. The signing was witnessed and 'sealed with a kiss' on the 'X'. The 'X' eventually came to symbolize the kiss."
Living History: Love in the Middle Ages
http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/general/history/xw_138.html
"How did X's and O's come to represent hugs and kisses? The common custom of placing X's on envelopes, notes and at the bottom of letters to mean kisses dates back to Medieval ages, when a cross was drawn on documents or letters to mean sincerity and honesty. A kiss was then placed upon the cross, by the signer as a display of their of their sworn oath. It was also used in early Christian history as much of a display of the same. Since most of the common people were unable to read or write, the 'X' was placed on documents, and a kiss placed upon
it as a show of their sincerity, gradually, as it was used so often,
the cross was hurried drawn and often resembled an 'X'.
The 'O' is of North American descent, no one really seems to know how it was started. It has been said that when arriving to the US, Jewish immigrants would use an 'O' on documents, not using the sign of the cross, and shop keepers would often use an 'O' when signing documents, in place of an 'X'. Perhaps now it is used as the 'O' being rounded represents arms encircling another, as in an embrace."
Thin Lizzy's Starting Point Web Board
http://www.stormloader.com/thinlizzy/wwwboard/1178.html
Abbreviated signoffs including X's and O's are often used in chatrooms and instant messaging. Below is an amusing list of these abbreviations:
ooo = hugs
xxx = kisses
OOO = big hugs
XXX = big kisses
oo = hugs for everybody but you
OO! = big, excited hugs
CCC = hugs for people you can't quite reach around
OOQ = hugging with tongue
xx@ = kisses and earlobe nibbling
zzz = snoring
yyy = anything that occurs between kissing and snoring"
Thanks for an interesting question!
2006-11-01 05:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
X's are kisses, O's are hugs.
The "O" are two arms reaching around.
Don't how we get a kiss out of an X, though!
2006-11-01 05:46:09 · answer #3 · answered by WindWalker10 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
o is a hug as it represents arms around you. x symbolizes 2 sets of lips coming together.
2006-11-01 05:45:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
no no...they are wrong..
It's XXX for hugs ...hugging someone you cross you hands around them and kisses O puckering your lips....yep i know I am right..i agree with you!!! so give me the 10 points....
2006-11-01 07:19:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
NOT SURE BUT I LIKE THE X'S XXX
2006-11-01 05:46:41 · answer #6 · answered by fast5095 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋