XOXOとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• xo, XO, xoxoxo, XOXO

語源

From use of X/x to mean “kiss” and O/o to mean “hug”. Use of “X” to indicate a kiss attested since 1763, preceded by medieval use of an “X”, which was then kissed by illiterates to indicate a signature. Use of “O” is more recent, and presumably created by analogy (e.g., X/O in tic-tac-toe). Speculative theories on precise origins abound, including folk etymologies (for example, the notion that the X represents the crossed arms of a hug and that the O represents the pursed lips of a kiss).

発音

• IPA: [ɛksəʊɛksəʊ]

名詞

xoxo

1. Abbreviation of hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter.

   Synonyms: 88, X's and O's

関連する語

• xxx
• ooo

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