So, for the uninitiated, XOXO are
the kisses and hugs. Yes, in the virtual world, like many other interesting and
slightly weird emoticons, XOXO stands for kisses and hugs. X is
kiss and O is a hug. The visual description of XO is the X is your lips
intertwined in a kiss and O is your arms closed around in an embrace.
Interestingly, this XOXO is not a
new internet phenomenon. This dates back to ancient times when people inscribed
X on the letters to display their belief in Christianity and kiss the X to seal
the envelope. Later, it was believed that Jewish started writing O instead of
X. And much later, the O began representing an embrace, a hug.
And as in the dotcom age, we are short of time
as it is, with Twitter ruling the web with 140 characters. Where is the time to
write and to read? So, for our own convenience, we have come up with
abbreviations for all possible frequently used words.
Sample some of them:
HBD – Happy Birthday
BRB – Be right back
TYVM – Thank you very much
BTW – By the way
There are more, many more. But
you get the drift.
Call me stupid but I always
thought LOL was lots of love. Though I never used it, but when I got to know
that it was laugh out loud, I never again used it. Yes, I do laugh out loud on
a joke but I prefer using a :D instead of a LOL. Don’t ask me why! I have my
own weaknesses!
So, ya coming back to XOXO, the
kisses and hugs. In this world swamped by LOL and BTW, where is the time to
express love? Where is the time to make someone feel special? Where is the time
to make someone wait for you on the other side of the virtual world when you 5
mins back wrote BRB?
Seriously, there is no time. So,
when you are chatting up with someone you love, be it your parents, siblings,
friends or lover, sitting apart from each other, make them feel your love. Send
them the warmth, the affection, the feelings and love. Yes, internet may have
given us crude short forms like HBD, it has XOXO to spread the love!
To all my beautiful readers, I
may not have said it earlier but felt it always nonetheless, here is my love to
all you all…
xoxo to you too...nice post !
ReplyDeleteCute! Love and hugs to you too, Naina.
ReplyDeleteloved it
ReplyDeleteXOXO to u too.. I knew what is XOXO when some one posted on my pic in FB. I thought it has some full form.. hmmpf :-/
and LOL- lots of love I guess many had that confusion :)
XOXO
ReplyDeleteThere's always ways to get round the letter X, good post.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Liked the history of XOXO... was not aware of it! A few days ago, our friends, a husband and wife duo had an argument over LOL... Husband thought it was Lots of Love and wife knew the right thing and we had to play referee! :D
ReplyDeleteXOXO back. I liked your choice of topic :)
ReplyDeleteXOXO to you too. :)
ReplyDeleteXOXO :)
ReplyDeleteMy Grandmother always finished her letters with xxxooo. Maybe I should go back to that in texts with my daughter instead of LUH (Love you heaps)
ReplyDeleteAnd XOXO to you too :) a nice take on X.
ReplyDeleteI still know onlyt half of them :-/
ReplyDeleteYup, I remember my school teacher had signed an autograph for me with xoxo. But on a serious note, the virtual lingo scares me. I see no language connect and I get lost. At this rate we will go back to primeval times and speak in signs......sigh!
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