X-Factor, X-rated, size XXL, X-men, XXX, American history X, Malcolm X, etc...
2006-12-04 22:41:34 · 18 answers · asked by zolleymokus 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
and of course Xmas
2006-12-04 22:42:15 · update #1
Supposedly it's an attention getter in advertising, because the letter is infrequently used... thus the irony of everything being X all the time.
There's also the XMas/Malcolm X meaning--it's there to substitute for something, or to draw notice to the fact that it's there instead of something else.
2006-12-04 22:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Xmas is from the Greek where X is the word Christ was written as X P.
Malcolm X was actually called Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, his birth name was Malcolm Little. He changed his last name to X because he did not want a "slave name" but could not trace the original African name of his ancestors.
I would guess X is used as an abbreviation for Extra in sizes because E is already used as an abbreviation for Ecstasy (a drug).
I would guess the reason why so many characters, films and brands use that letter is because it is very rarely used for general nouns, verbs etc.
2006-12-05 07:03:53 · answer #2 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a letter used to shorten such words as extra, extreme etc. x also appears to be short for 'chris', Christine Aguilera apparently has the tattoo 'Xtina' on her neck and of course there's xmas.
Hardly an obsession though I think you may be over xaggerating a bit....
2006-12-05 06:57:56 · answer #3 · answered by PvteFrazer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'X' is a letter with which very few words start in English. Wherever there is a mystery or unknown entity is there it is a practise with English speaking community to designate it with X.Words starting with X gives the words a powerful and mysterious connotation.Surely the English speaking people are mesmerised with the letter "X'.
2006-12-05 10:49:47 · answer #4 · answered by moghusai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it feels so good to say the letter X. Also the letter X can stand for almost anything. It catches the peoples attention.
2006-12-05 06:49:15 · answer #5 · answered by eva b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually ther were 16 E's in your post and only 12 X's. So aren't we more obsessed with the letter E?
2006-12-05 06:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by jleslie4585 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Look up the physiognomic quality of words! This will provide you with some clues!
2006-12-05 06:44:42 · answer #7 · answered by Tom Cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me it seems as though we lack creativity and don't stretch our minds enough to come up with more catching words or phrases..
2006-12-05 06:51:01 · answer #8 · answered by DolphinLami 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I prefer the letter B... Boll ocks, bullshite, B'astard, Bugger, Bonking, Bumhole, Bellend...
and F....
2006-12-05 06:47:30 · answer #9 · answered by lickintonight 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
cause if u say it 10 times really fast it sounds like sex and thats disgusting but some weird people like it
2006-12-05 06:52:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋