X

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An unknown quantity or unknown value.

   • Let X represent the forecast traffic flow in 20 years’ time.
2. 2

   A placeholder for an unknown, suppressed or hypothetical name.

   • The woman known until now as Witness X has been unmasked after a court ruling.
   • Suppose that Mr and Mrs X have been married for many years.
3. 3

   A surname, used by those who have had their identity or heritage, including their proper…

   A surname, used by those who have had their identity or heritage, including their proper ancestral names, erased or forgotten.

   • Malcolm X
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   1. 4

      An online social media network, formerly known as Twitter.

      • Two senior USAid security officials were suspended on Sunday for blocking Doge officials from a restricted area, a day after the agency’s website went offline, and Musk posted to X that USAid was “beyond repair” and needed to be shut down.
   2. 5

      The X Window System, a windowing system for bitmap displays commonly used in Unix-like…

      The X Window System, a windowing system for bitmap displays commonly used in Unix-like systems.

   3. 6

      The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin…

      The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.

   4. 7

      Any mark that looks like that letter, such as a mark made by a person who cannot read or…

      Any mark that looks like that letter, such as a mark made by a person who cannot read or write in lieu of a signature.

   5. 8

      The spot behind the goal.

   6. 9

      Intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents).

   7. 10

      Alternative spelling of ex (“to delete

      Alternative spelling of ex (“to delete; to cross out”).

      • I Xed the ballot for our Congressman last election just because he seemed […]
   8. 11

      Ecstasy, a particular street drug.

      • You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub'. Look, mami, I got the X if you into takin' drugs.
      • Tonight the kids will go out and party down in a more righteous mode. Alcohol and not a few tabs of X will be ingested. Club music will throb through big speakers.
      • I'm a love druggie falling for these drug junkies. Come n call on me besides these X parties. It's fucking hard on my body.
   9. 12

      Suitable only for those aged sixteen or (later) eighteen years and over.

   10. 13

       Obscene

       Obscene; adult; pornographic; XXX.

       • If you go to an X movie you do so knowingly, as does everyone else in the audience. Or if the same thing comes up on TV you can switch over, or, if you wish, enjoy it in relative privacy.
   11. 14

       Christ

   12. 15

       Cross, crossing.

       • Kennington via Charing X
   13. 16

       Abbreviation of extreme.

   14. 17

       Forming gender-neutral or otherwise more inclusive versions of words, especially…

       Forming gender-neutral or otherwise more inclusive versions of words, especially Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.

       • alumnx, Chicanx (Xicanx), Filipinx, Latinx, Mx, mxn, Tejanx, womxn
   15. 18

       Alternative letter-case form of X (“intersex or non-binary (in passports and…

       Alternative letter-case form of X (“intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents)”).

   16. 19

       An unknown or unspecified number of.

   17. 20

       Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga,…

       Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga, and video games.

       • If there is anyone in the audience who can't stand someone pushing a Shinji x Rei thing, I know you want to quit on this fic now.
       • I'm a fairly big Angel x Buffy fan, though I'm not a particularly big fan of Angel. They just work well together, IMO.
       • Tho' my doujinshi is a Cloud x Sephiroth - yes you read that right - Cloud's name is first. ^^!
   18. 21

       Used in place of and in artist collaborations.

       • Taska Black x DROELOE, Steve Aoki x Lauren Jauregui, etc.

The neighborhood

• neighbor-x
• neighborx-caboquinho
• neighborx-cat-ik