# Xtian, Xtina Aguillera...why?

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**Created:** [February 26, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtian-xtina-aguillera-why/231227 "2004-02-26T03:17:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![conczepts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e7dd6/32.png) [@conczepts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conczepts)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtian-xtina-aguillera-why/231227/1 "2004-02-26T03:17:46Z")

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I’ve only see this on the SDMB where “Christian” is shortened to “xtian” and “xtina” is used to refer to Christina Aguillera. What is the significance of this?

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtian-xtina-aguillera-why/231227/2 "2004-02-26T03:46:42Z")

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It comes from the Greek tradition of using the letter chi as an abbreviation for Christ since the first letter of \*Christ \* in Greek is chi. It’s also why Xmas is used as a shortening for Christmas.

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**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtian-xtina-aguillera-why/231227/3 "2004-02-26T04:02:30Z")

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And also, cause of her triple X image. Get it? XXXtina? They shorten it to just Xtina. But **Aesiron** ’s explanation makes more sense.

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtian-xtina-aguillera-why/231227/4 "2004-02-26T04:07:05Z")

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In the case of Christina Aguilera, she actually has “Xtina” tattooed onto the back of her neck: [http://groups.msn.com/ChristinaAguileraBaby/yourwebpage.msnw](http://groups.msn.com/ChristinaAguileraBaby/yourwebpage.msnw)

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtian-xtina-aguillera-why/231227/5 "2004-02-26T04:34:00Z")

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> [@Aesiron](#):
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> It comes from the Greek tradition of using the letter chi as an abbreviation for Christ since the first letter of \*Christ \* in Greek is chi. It’s also why Xmas is used as a shortening for Christmas.

And in case it wasn’t clear through inference, the Greek letter chi looks like English letter X.

When’s Xnukah this year?

Shalom and Pax.