XOXOXOXOXOX which are the hugs and which are the kisses?
2006-12-31 00:00:28 · 16 answers · asked by Michelle 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
X=kisses. O=hugs
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2006-12-31 00:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by piggieme 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
X is hugs. because X is like a cross--when you hug people, you cross your arms over them.
O is kisses. O is like puckered lips..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugs_and_kisses
Hugs and Kisses is a term for a sequence of the letters X and O, e.g. XOXO, typically used 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 Christian cross the X represented.
2006-12-31 00:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
To me X are hugs it is like 2 arms crossing over you and O are the kisses. Kind of a big open mouth ;) But lots of people say it is the other way.
2006-12-31 00:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
x = kisses
o= hugs
2006-12-31 00:04:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
X's are the hugs its like arms going up to hug someone
O's are the kisses its like a mouth
2006-12-31 00:15:08 · answer #5 · answered by plurmishmishfish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that x is kisses, so I guess o is hugs
2006-12-31 00:02:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
X = kiss
O = hug
2006-12-31 00:03:42 · answer #7 · answered by zen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X's are hugs, O's is kisses.
2006-12-31 00:18:55 · answer #8 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
x-kisses o-hugs
2006-12-31 00:23:56 · answer #9 · answered by Papa WILL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
x=kiss
o=hug
2006-12-31 00:08:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋