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And in a discussion chain on the American Dialect Society, linguist Ben Zimmer, in a search of newspaper archives, found “xoxo” and “xoxoxo” used in personal ads from about 1972. The reason why hugs and kisses is rendered XOXO and not OXOX is unknown. Maybe it because of the influence of Tic-tac-toe.
22 de ago. de 2010 · Apparently, you can also write XOXO, or XOOX, or in fact combine the two letters in any way you like. (The strange thing is that personally, I'd rather associate an O with a kiss and an X with a hug than the other way round.) –
26 de may. de 2011 · "How and when did the letter Z become to be associated with sleeping?" First of all, zzzz (or z-z-z-z) is sound of snoring, from at least 1918.
Almost all words can convey sarcasm, but the trick is in how you use them. Apart from italics and "quotes", a standard way of conveying sarcasm is the hyperbole, meaning that you very clearly overstate something - in case of sarcasm, to mean the opposite.
2 de jun. de 2015 · The newest I can think of would be XOXO (O and X are crude visual representations of a hug and a kiss respectively). I know it's arguably not a word, still... Then we have words like U-turn , T-bone and V-neck , which are named after the shape of the letter (as against words like X-rays, A-team and B-boying)
Whelm is labeled as "archaic" in NOAD, as it has fallen out of use. Left in its wake are the would-be superlative overwhelm (which, rather than actually meaning "more than whelmed", has simply taken over its parent's definition) and its opposite underwhelm.
2 de jun. de 2012 · I often hear US citizens say something like this: <Some phrases>. Period. What does period mean when it appears in a sentence by itself in this type of situation?
2 de oct. de 2018 · Specks of kryptonite, gorgonite, kraterite, or reddite, or sometimes all four, can cause Superman to become sick. Should there be a comma after "four"? I know that in most sentences we do not in...
22 de nov. de 2014 · If I leave at 6pm saying "I'll be back in two hours" and I get back 90 minutes later, I don't think anybody will be angry saying "Hey!
27 de feb. de 2021 · It is correct as it stands. the phrase "more recently" is parenthetic. That means that it could be left out of the sentence completely without destroying its meaning.The commas surrounding 'more recently' are a pair and work like brackets (in fact they could be replaced by brackets).
