2007-01-08 07:54:35 · 18 answers · asked by RaeJillian 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
O Hugs
X Kisses
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2007-01-08 07:56:59 · answer #1 · answered by timc_fla 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-01-08 07:57:32 · answer #2 · answered by Geico Caveman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X=Kisses, O=Hugs
2007-01-08 07:56:13 · answer #3 · answered by Shutterbug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X's are hugs - the X symbolizes the crossing of arms like when you hug someone.
O's are kisses - the O symbolizes the lips in an "o" shape when you kiss someone.
2007-01-08 07:58:02 · answer #4 · answered by sommerluvn77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For all of my associates, we greet one yet another with hugs. With me close associates, it really is a hug and a kiss on the cheek. after I meet new adults it really is mostly a hand shake yet after I meet adults who I honestly have commonplace for a lengthy time period it really is both a hug or an air kiss, it really is what all and numerous does contained in the area I stay in.
2016-12-28 10:08:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You couldn't nor wouldn't use either letter seperated from the other.It would mean nothing and the message is distroyed! there fore null & VOID!
the X is for hugs and the O for kisses there is no vice versa in coding!
2007-01-08 08:02:58 · answer #6 · answered by wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X means hugs because you cross arms when you hug
O means kisses because your mouth makes a circle shape
2007-01-08 08:03:51 · answer #7 · answered by christinna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X= kisses. O=hugs.
X because it's like your lips being pressed together.
O because it's shaped like a hug (circle)
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2007-01-08 07:56:55 · answer #8 · answered by craz34jason 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X is like four arms and the O is to represent the kiss...when you kiss your lips form an O shape
2007-01-08 07:56:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
X=hugs O=kisses...i think :)
2007-01-08 07:56:02 · answer #10 · answered by Zoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋