well i see almost all the people i know now what xoxoxo mean but i don't under stand a thing i feel stupet can some one help me and tell me what it means?
2007-01-22 00:00:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Note: I copied my answer from an answer given by "cremedelacreme04" several months ago at Yahoo Answers. So I want them to have credit for the answer below, because these are their words and not mine:
The x's are kisses and the o's are hugs.
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.
Robert Hendrickson in his "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" states:
"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 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.
It is also said that X represents kisses because the letter X in Spanish is named "equis" which has a similar pronunciation as "a kiss".
2007-01-22 00:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by prodaugh-internet 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Xoxoxo
2016-10-12 23:39:26 · answer #2 · answered by john-patrick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hugs & Kisses
2007-01-22 00:03:00 · answer #3 · answered by Rocklyn80 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hug kiss hug kiss
2007-01-22 00:11:12 · answer #4 · answered by fun 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means hugs and kisses! its a short and simple way at saying love you or i care in an email or instant message.
2007-01-22 01:00:26 · answer #5 · answered by evil_cutie_pie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kisses and hugs. The x's are kisses and the o's are hugs.
2007-01-22 00:04:45 · answer #6 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
kiss hug kiss hug kiss hug.....in other words hugs and kisses
2007-01-22 03:38:40 · answer #7 · answered by persiancat67 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hugs and kisses..hug kiss, hug kiss....................
2007-01-22 00:32:48 · answer #8 · answered by onukpa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋