• andrai@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    The X isn’t kisses. The X stand for closes eyes and the O is an open mouth, hence XO = kiss emote and XOXO is the plural

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      1 year ago

      Doesn’t “XOXO” mean “hugs and kisses”? The X represents a kiss and the O represents a hug.

        • Vashti@feddit.uk
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          1 year ago

          You’re interpreting a much older shorthand with online emoticon rules. XO is a closed-eye open-mouth emoticon, but XOXO has been “hugs and kisses” for long enough to have been used when people wrote letters by hand.