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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".
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.
XOXO was started by Gregg and Lynne Fiene in 1991 along with their partners, Marc and Michelle Bohbot (owners of Bisou Bisou). In 1999, annual sales reached $100 million but the company struggled financially. Gregg Fiene bought the Bohbot's shares and put the company on sale. XOXO was sold to Aris Industries in 1999 for $25 million.
In June 2011, the company transferred its common stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the symbol "XOXO". [15] In September 2012, WeddingWire raised an additional $25 million in Series B funding from Spectrum Equity. [16] Mike Steib joined XO Group as president in July 2013 and assumed the role of CEO in March 2014. [17]
What does XOXO stand for? Answer: Hugs and kisses or, more specifically, kiss, hug, kiss, hug. According to the Webster Dictionary, what word means "to curl up comfortably or cozily?"
XOXO (brand), a contemporary brand of clothing and accessories geared toward teenage girls; 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 ...
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XOXO was an annual festival and conference that focused on indie creators and artists working on the web. Except for a larger conference in 2018, the conference was limited to around 1,000 attendees, and organizers introduced an application and lottery system to promote diversity and discourage attendees who were focused on marketing to other attendees.