Meaning of -x | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used to represent a value that may vary: see x.
   morpheme
2. Used to replace a /ks/ sound, especially in monosyllabic words ending in -cks or -ks.
   US, informal, morpheme
3. An abbreviation marker.
   morpheme
4. Used to replace a gendered suffix.
   morpheme, neologism
5. Abbreviation of -cross.
   abbreviation, alt-of, morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“I teach all of the 30x classes.”

“blax (“blacks”), clox (“clocks”), fax (“facts”), folx (“folks”), hax (“hacks”), pix (“pics”), punx (“punks”), snax (“snacks”), sox (“socks”), stix (“sticks”), tix (“tickets”), trax (“tracks”)”

“Dx (“diagnosis”), elex (“election”), Hx (“history”), pax (“passenger”), RX (“receive”), TX (“transmit”)”

“alumnx, Chicanx, Latinx”

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