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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".
XO sex determination system, a chromosomal system used to designate sex of some species of insects, arachnids, and mammals XO, heterogametic male designation under this system Turner syndrome , a genetic condition in which one of the sex chromosomes is absent
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).
Attractive person usually a woman and sometimes meaning a significant other [16] baby Something of high value or respect including your sweetheart [16] baby grand Heavily built man [8] badger game. Main article: Badger game. An extortion scheme that loosely takes its name from the illegal practice of badger-baiting. It revolves around a scheme ...
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
Getty Images Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.
A simple smiley. This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons.Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art.
Getty Images You might think your high school French will be of use in understanding St. Louis slang, but don't count on it. The city has been through a lot since French fur trader Madame Chouteau ...