Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site laidbak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!laidbak!jeq From: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Re: The new hugging symbol Message-ID: <215@laidbak.UUCP> Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 00:41:30 EDT Article-I.D.: laidbak.215 Posted: Sun Sep 22 00:41:30 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 23:41:53 EDT References: <1211@ihlpg.UUCP> <519@cornell.UUCP> <249@kepler.UUCP> Reply-To: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist) Organization: LAI Chicago Lines: 22 In article <249@kepler.UUCP> mojo@kepler.UUCP (Morris Jones) writes: >In article <519@cornell.UUCP> pugh@cornell.UUCP (William Pugh) writes: >> I'm not really sure, but I thought "X X X" represented the crossed arms >>of a hug and "O O O" represented the puckered lips of a kiss. Where might >>one look for a definitive answer on this type of thing? I don't think it's >>listing in the dictionary... > >Ohhhhhh nooooo! > >I always thought that the X was two mouths touching, and the O was the >circle made by my arms in a hug. > >-- >Mojo >... Morris Jones, MicroPro Product Development >{dual,hplabs,glacier,lll-crg}!well!micropro!kepler!mojo I was under the impression that XOXOXOX, not seperately but all together, meant simultaneous hugs AND kisses. In my mind that's preferable to just one or the other. jeq