{"id":13799,"date":"2025-04-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/?p=13799"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:45:20","slug":"why-x-means-a-kiss-the-surprisingly-spicy-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/why-x-means-a-kiss-the-surprisingly-spicy-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Why \u2018X\u2019 Means a Kiss: The Surprisingly Spicy History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever ended a message with one or multiple &#8220;X&#8217;s&#8221; and wondered why? It is universally known that the X at the end of a message means sending someone a kiss. However, it has been sealing love letters and messages for centuries, and the history around it is a lot steamier than you&#8217;d expect! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were even some &#8220;X=Kiss&#8221; scandals throughout history. One of the biggest ones was In 1898 when a British woman sued her Ex-Fianc\u00e9 for going back on his promise to marry her. She presented over 1000 letters with more than 15.000 handwritten &#8220;kisses&#8221; as evidence of his affection for her. While it became more mainstream in the following decades, this is not the origin of the written kiss. Keep on reading to discover where it actually came from! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/why-x-means-a-kiss-the-surprisingly-spicy-history\/#The_Myth_vs_The_Truth_of_the_Handwritten_Kiss\" >The Myth vs. The Truth of the Handwritten Kiss<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/why-x-means-a-kiss-the-surprisingly-spicy-history\/#A_Tradition_That_Stuck\" >A Tradition That Stuck<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/why-x-means-a-kiss-the-surprisingly-spicy-history\/#Credit\" >Credit:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-myth-vs-the-truth-of-the-handwritten-kiss\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Myth_vs_The_Truth_of_the_Handwritten_Kiss\"><\/span><strong>The Myth vs. The Truth<\/strong> of the Handwritten Kiss<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most popular theories on the origin of &#8220;X&#8221; is that illiterate people would sign documents with a cross and then seal them with a literal kiss to show sincerity. However, it turns out that &#8220;X&#8221; was just one of many secret love symbols that people started using. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/why-do-people-kiss-2.jpg\" alt=\"People kissing \" class=\"wp-image-13915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/why-do-people-kiss-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/why-do-people-kiss-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/why-do-people-kiss-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/why-do-people-kiss-2-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Zoosk <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Before &#8220;X&#8221; took over,\u00a0<strong>Victorians got creative<\/strong>, using ink blots, wax dots, and coded marks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/spicy-questions-to-turn-up-the-heat-on-date-night\/\"><strong>smuggle flirty messages<\/strong><\/a> past nosy parents. &#8220;X&#8221; eventually won out, becoming shorthand for affection. By the 20th century, it was so popular that\u00a0<strong>military censors briefly banned it during WWII<\/strong>, fearing it gave soldiers too much emotional attachment to home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-tradition-that-stuck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Tradition_That_Stuck\"><\/span><strong>A Tradition That Stuck<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While\u00a0<strong>French and Spanish lovers kept writing out \u2018bises\u2019 and \u2018besos<\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">,<\/span>\u2019 English speakers embraced &#8220;X&#8221; as the universal sign of a kiss. Fast-forward to today, and we\u2019re still dropping flirty &#8220;X&#8221;s in texts, DMs, and love notes. So next time you add an &#8220;X&#8221; to your spicy message, just know\u2014you\u2019re carrying on a romantic tradition that\u2019s been melting hearts for centuries. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Text.jpg\" alt=\"Sending a text with a kiss\" class=\"wp-image-13914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Text.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Text-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Text-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailybase.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Text-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: WikiHow <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-credit\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Credit\"><\/span>Credit: <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Featured Image credit: Dylan Sauerwein\/Unsplash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever ended a message with one or multiple &#8220;X&#8217;s&#8221; and wondered why? 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