Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Extreme or hardcore pornography; or, less strictly, any pornographic content.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Extra strong; very high quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Unknown eye or hair color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: on government documents
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adj
Bald.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: on government documents
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Synonyms: BAL
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noun
Triple X syndrome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Alternative form of xxx (“an abbreviation for kisses”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, rare
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noun
The conventional Morse code call made when in an urgent situation but not in immediate distress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
An abbreviation for kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter or text message, often alongside ooo (hugs).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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symbol
Denotes extreme or hardcore pornography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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symbol
Extra strong alcohol, particularly ale or (later) any beer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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symbol
Extra strong alcohol, particularly ale or (later) any beer.
Alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: euphemistic or stylistic
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symbol
Straight edge (lifestyle and subculture).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: hardcore punk
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verb
To delete; to cross out, especially to conceal or suggest vulgar language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive, uncommon
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adjective satellite
being ten more than twenty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: thirty, 30
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noun
(genetics) abnormal complement of three X chromosomes in a female
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sex chromosome
noun
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: thirty, 30
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Broader terms: large integer
History
1969 (see quotations). Reduplication of X (“an age rating denoting content suitable for adults”), in reference to the X rating introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America on 1 November 1968 for films containing extreme violence, heavily implied (originally softcore) sex and obscene language. Film posters began to include multiple exes (but skipping two) in order to imply even more extreme, hardcore content, particularly in relation to pornography (although many actually contained the same content as X-rated films). Compare XXXX. The original X rating was superseded by NC-17 in 1990; see also R-18.
Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). For other possible explanations, see Beer measurement § Saltire marks on WikipediaWikipedia .
From having three X chromosomes (and no Y), or as a clipping of XXX syndrome.
Adopted by the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1927.
Perhaps from sXe.
Unknown, but compare ex (“to delete; to cross out”, verb).
