Comment on Anyone remember Xfire?

• Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  A lot of, generally Japanese, media uses “x” as shorthand for “cross”

  A friend always called it “christfire” because it pissed EVERYONE off

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  • all-knight-party@kbin.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Let them know I'm taking that for my new band name.

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  • full_on_rapist@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Hence the cross button on PS controllers.

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  • LennethAegis@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I remember in Paper Mario: TTYD one of the late game tattle entries on a X-naut enemy clarifies that its pronounced "cross"-nauts. This game had me mispronouncing the villain team's name the entire time until the end.

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• secret301@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  X usually stands for cross. Some road sign will say train xing or deer xing

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  • squaresinger@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Sometimes X is also used to abbreviate Crossmas.

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  • Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    More recently X also represents a heap of shit.

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• vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  English is my 2nd language, so I always read it as “X” Fire. That;s funny, I never though about it.

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