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  2. Hugs and kisses - Wikipedia

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    The earliest attestation of the use of either x or o to indicate kisses identified by the Oxford English Dictionary appears in the English novellist Florence Montgomery's 1878 book Seaforth, which mentions "This letter [...] ends with the inevitable row of kisses,—sometimes expressed by × × × × ×, and sometimes by o o o o o o, according to the taste of the young scribbler".

  3. A Sociolinguist Explains What 'XOXO' Really Means

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    The letters XOXO stand for hugs and kisses. Linguists and relationship therapists break down where the term originated, and how to use it to express love today.

  4. Lists of English words by country or language of origin

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    The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages.. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin.

  5. XOXO (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    XOXO (festival), an arts and technology festival and conference held annually in September in Portland, Oregon; XOXO (microformat) or eXtensible Open XHTML Outlines, an XML microformat for outlines built on top of XHTML; XOXO, an American drama and music film; Xoxo, Cape Verde; Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Mexico, commonly referred to as "Xoxo"

  6. Foreign-language influences in English - Wikipedia

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    The English language descends from Old English, the West Germanic language of the Anglo-Saxons. Most of its grammar, its core vocabulary and the most common words are Germanic. [1] However, the percentage of loans in everyday conversation varies by dialect and idiolect, even if English vocabulary at large has a greater Romance influence.

  7. List of English words of Old Norse origin - Wikipedia

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    English provenance = c 1250 AD; are merger of Old English (earun, earon) and Old Norse (er) cognates [4] auk A type of Arctic seabird. [5] awe. agi ("=terror") [6] English provenance = c 1205 AD (as aȝe, an early form of the word resulting from the influence of Old Norse on an existing Anglo-Saxon form, eȝe) awesome From the same Norse root ...

  8. XOXO (song) - Wikipedia

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    "XOXO" is a song recorded by Canadian-Dutch-Korean singer-songwriter Jeon Somi. It was released by The Black Label and Interscope Records on October 29, 2021, as the title track from the singer's debut studio album of the same name. It was written by Teddy, Danny Chung, Vince, Jeon Somi, and Kush, and composed by them alongside Pink Sweats.

  9. List of English words of Welsh origin - Wikipedia

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    the Oxford English Dictionary says the etymology is "uncertain", but Welsh gwlanen = "flannel wool" is likely. An alternative source is Old French flaine, "blanket". The word has been adopted in most European languages. An earlier English form was flannen, which supports the Welsh etymology.