The Great Debate 2011 - Is 'X' a kiss or a hug...

Salty

x is definitely a kiss!

Anyone remember learning the alphabet with letterland? X was kissing cousins:P

Colm!

jumpguy wrote: »

Who will survive in America?

Us living as we do on the side down, and the new word to have is "revolution".

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

This has to be up there among the daftest threads on boards. Its even sillier than that one the ladies lounge used to have, asking what shoulder you carried your handbag on.

Grindylow

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

This has to be up there among the daftest threads on boards. Its even sillier than that one the ladies lounge used to have, asking what shoulder you carried your handbag on.

I didn't actually make it so don't blame me.. It was in another thread

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Noel2k9 wrote: »

I didn't actually make it so don't blame me.. It was in another thread

Theres no blame attached to anyone.... The fact that 3 pages of debate has not solved the question is worrying however.

Grindylow

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Theres no blame attached to anyone.... The fact that 3 pages of debate has not solved the question is worrying however.

The question was solved in the first post.. :P

Pigwidgeon

This debate will be over when I say it over. >.>

Screaminmidget

Kisses are x, hugs are o. End of.

Would hate to be the person who got this wrong, Imagine the embarrassment!! :P :pac:

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Screaminmidget wrote: »

Would hate to be the person who got this wrong, Imagine the embarrassment!! :P :pac:

My regular addition of both to my text messages means there is no room for mistakes :pac:

suitcasepink

I think we should go deeper though...
Like do people use x's? Or o's? Or both? Capitals or not? How many? When are they used? To whom?


I think we could have a hugely detailed convo on it tbh.

SarahBeep!

Screaminmidget wrote: »

Kisses are x, hugs are o. End of.

Would hate to be the person who got this wrong, Imagine the embarrassment!! :P :pac:

Like the Biebs? Pretty sure all his texts to Selena say

'Baby, baby, baby, oooooooooooooooooooooo'

Skintwin

SarahBeep! wrote: »

Like the Biebs? Pretty sure all his texts to Selena say

'Baby, baby, baby, oooooooooooooooooooooo'

Saraaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

X's are kisses, O's are hugs. Clearly. :cool:

KnifeWRENCH

Jackobyte wrote: »

X is a kiss, o is a hug. Guys don't give hugs. Case closed.

You mean in text form or in real life?

'Cause I never send 'o's in texts but if I'm on a night out a lot of people get a manly (yet affectionate) man-hug from me! :pac: It's totally allowable...

Colm!

deise_girl wrote: »

I think we should go deeper though...
Like do people use x's? Or o's? Or both? Capitals or not? How many? When are they used? To whom?

As someone who talks to other people online instead of texting, I have often found the uses of Xs in text messages to be an honestly confusing matter. If I recieve a text with three Xs in it in an "Xxx" formation at 2am in the morning from some girl I haven't talked to in months, does that mean anything, or is it just classic 2am drunk texting to ignore?


What does the amount of Xs mean? What does it mean?

Screw this, I'm going back to MSN. At least people usually make sense then

[/serious-ish post in silly thread]

Insect Overlord

Man-hugs FTW.

Never in texts though!

Pigwidgeon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppumVdjv5do

SarahBeep!

Skintwin wrote: »

Saraaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

X's are kisses, O's are hugs. Clearly. :cool:

I was just reinforcing that yet another thing about Justin is wrong :P

Salty

SarahBeep! wrote: »

Like the Biebs? Pretty sure all his texts to Selena say

'Baby, baby, baby, oooooooooooooooooooooo'

Justin Bieber...*shudder*

deise_girl wrote: »

I think we should go deeper though...
Like do people use x's? Or o's? Or both? Capitals or not? How many? When are they used? To whom?


I think we could have a hugely detailed convo on it tbh.

I use x's at the end of texts to my friends, usually 3/4, all in lower case. I can't stand when they're in 2 different cases!:mad: I have one friend who gets something along the lines of xoxo cos that's what she sends me!:P And my boyf gets x's and o's at the end of texts *awwwww*:pac:

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Man-hugs FTW.

Never in texts though!

What does FTW mean?

Insect Overlord

"For the win".

It's a good thing.

Screaminmidget

ahh, some serious, nitty-gritty questions!!

Colm! wrote: »

As someone who talks to other people online instead of texting, I have often found the uses of Xs in text messages to be an honestly confusing matter. If I recieve a text with three Xs in it in an "Xxx" formation at 2am in the morning from some girl I haven't talked to in months, does that mean anything, or is it just classic 2am drunk texting to ignore?

Its not really drunk texting if they're able to type the x's coherently without making a mistake...

What does the amount of Xs mean? What does it mean?

one or 2, theyre not too bothered, 3-8, they might like you, 10+, theyre into you...



:P

cheesefiend

Colm! wrote: »

As someone who talks to other people online instead of texting, I have often found the uses of Xs in text messages to be an honestly confusing matter. If I recieve a text with three Xs in it in an "Xxx" formation at 2am in the morning from some girl I haven't talked to in months, does that mean anything, or is it just classic 2am drunk texting to ignore?


What does the amount of Xs mean? What does it mean?

Screw this, I'm going back to MSN. At least people usually make sense then

[/serious-ish post in silly thread]

I don't really think it's a good idea to try and analyse peoples intentions from the amount of Xs they send. Most of my female friends send about 3-5 Xs in every message to me and to each other.

ohthebaby

Ugh I NEVER send xs to anybody. I hate them. Like why would you feel the need to write 'what time are you meeting us at? xxxxx'? Like WHY? There's just no need. I send xs to my mammy sometimes and that's about it. I also use them a lot in a sarcastic / ironic / whatever fashion on Facebook and to my friends. I really, really hate the way girls put them at the end of EVERYTHING.

Also x = kiss.

Slow Show

Ugh, I used to send loads of x's everywhere not so long ago because of the dramatic world of teenage girls, but about a year ago I just stopped completely and unless I'm texting a boy I don't bother, and even then it's a rare enough occurrence. No better way to feel in control than to not return x's...yes, I am a horrible person. These days I send far too many smileys though because texts/instant messages just seem too serious without them.

SarahBeep!

I hate when people leave 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx' at the end of a FB status.

'Nite nite peeps xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'

Ginja Ninja

SarahBeep! wrote: »

I hate when people leave 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx' at the end of a FB status.

'Nite nite peeps
(more x's than sense)

I'm so tempted to ban you just for posting that.Can some please explain to me why someone needs to put that many x's on something? At least one person here does it,lookin at you young'uns ¬.¬

Pigwidgeon

Although excessive smilies can be just as annoying. One of my friends doesn't use any punctuation in texts, just smiley faces so they look like this

"hey how are you havent talked to you in a while what you up to blah blah blah "

They hurt my eyes.

I sometimes leave x's at the end of texts, sometimes I don't. I usually leave them to the BF though cos I'm cool like that.

Slow Show

This thread makes me yearn for days gone by...the x's will always be a part of me.

unknown13

shadowninty wrote: »

Are you arguing with WIKIPEDIA??? "Some sources discuss the possibility of "x" referring hugs and "o" referring to kisses"

I would happily argue with (change) Wikipedia because I know the end result. I would win.

QueenOfLeon

Screaminmidget wrote: »

one or 2, theyre not too bothered, 3-8, they might like you, 10+, theyre into you...
:P

10? That is FAR too much effort :P

Slow Show wrote: »

Ugh, I used to send loads of x's everywhere not so long ago because of the dramatic world of teenage girls, but about a year ago I just stopped completely and unless I'm texting a boy I don't bother, and even then it's a rare enough occurrence. No better way to feel in control than to not return x's...yes, I am a horrible person. These days I send far too many smileys though because texts/instant messages just seem too serious without them.

I'm terrible for smileys. I live in a world of sarcasm though so I need some way to clarify that I'm not just being mean...

Salty

Screaminmidget wrote: »

one or 2, theyre not too bothered, 3-8, they might like you, 10+, theyre into you...

10+ is a cyber-shift...>_>