# X! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376 "2006-10-05T13:46:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/1 "2006-10-05T13:46:48Z")
That means “Christ!”. I just thought of it. That should be commonly used internet shorthand for a general exclamation. I’m going to try to shove it into usage (unless it’s already being used, and I’m late…). ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/2 "2006-10-05T13:49:08Z")
and where does that leave those with former spouses, partners, et cetera? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/3 "2006-10-05T14:09:35Z")
I don’t think that anyone would ever get it. In Futurama, maybe. They love to say Xmas. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/4 "2006-10-05T14:11:47Z")
I thought this was a thread about the seminal Los Angeles punk band. I shall now wander off humming “The Have Nots”. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/5 "2006-10-05T14:18:11Z")
Why not this:† ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/6 "2006-10-05T14:41:51Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] I thought this was a thread about the seminal Los Angeles punk band. [/QUOTE] Me too. I’ll have to watch The Unheard Music tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/7 "2006-10-05T14:54:25Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Why not this:† [/QUOTE] I can never enunciate the crosspiece correctly. I’m afraid you will find that **X** is currently the acronym of choice for a certain designer drug, which will render its usefulness as a Christ-referrent somewhat sub-par. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/8 "2006-10-05T15:17:54Z")
On a related note, I saw one of those Jesus fish things on a car yesterday. Inside the fish it said “n’ chips”. I chortled all the way home. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/9 "2006-10-05T15:46:01Z")
Where does that leave the **X-Men** and **X Rays** then ? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/10 "2006-10-05T15:48:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] I’m afraid you will find that **X** is currently the acronym of choice for a certain designer drug, which will render its usefulness as a Christ-referrent somewhat sub-par. [/QUOTE] That’s why I like to call it **e**. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/11 "2006-10-05T15:54:52Z")
**q:** ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/12 "2006-10-05T16:47:33Z")
The God formerly known as †? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/13 "2006-10-05T17:45:59Z")
I have to give “X!” kudos for subcompactness, but sometimes less is just… less. Some situations call for nothing less than “Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick!”. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/14 "2006-10-05T17:58:21Z")
JHX has a sertain TLA charm to it. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/15 "2006-10-05T19:51:41Z")
Malcom Christ? Triple Christ Movies? Christ Marks the Spot? OMG, what size shirt is that? Jesus it’s a Double Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/16 "2006-10-05T21:05:06Z")
Jesus F-ing **X**! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/17 "2006-10-06T03:02:47Z")
My wife’s brother’s name is Chris, but I like to refer to him as X. ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/18 "2006-10-06T03:39:11Z")
X!={1_2_3\*…\*Christ}? ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/19 "2006-10-06T15:41:10Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] That means “Christ!”. [/QUOTE] Why not “†!”? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376/20 "2006-10-06T15:59:18Z")
[QUOTE=js\_africanus] Why not “†!”? [/QUOTE] Because then when it fell out of favor, we’d have to deal with “the ejaculation formerly known as ‘†’”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x/375376.md?page=2)