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12->''"'Blackmail' is such an ugly word, I prefer 'extortion'. The 'X' makes it sound cool."''
13-->-- '''Bender,''' ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E16AnthologyOfInterestI Anthology of Interest I]]"
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15X. There'x alwayx xomething about the letter X that juxt makex x-actly anything cool (including thix artixle). A lot of people use it gratuitouxly on a name, product, model, etx. juxt xo it has xome xort of edge to it, including xere. Want xome pizzazz? Add an X somewhere in txe name. It doexn't matter where, as long as there'x an X. And it hax to be a capital X. Lowercase x is juxt too puny to be xool. [[AccidentalInnuendo Juxt don't add three of them.]]
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17In order for this trope to work, though:
18* The product isn't the 10th installment of a series that already used Roman numerals.
19** On the other hand, if the series goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X...
20* The X doesn't stand for a multiple of something. Example would be AMD's line of Athlon and Phenom processors: Athlon X2, Phenom X3, Phenom X4, etc, which don't count because the X indicates how much cores the CPU has; on the other hand, the FX line and the overclockable Ryzens that have an X after the model number do count.
21* There's no real justification to use the X. Another letter would easily work if the X was a part of a word.
22* If it's in the designation of a vehicle or other object, it can't be a prototype. In such cases it stands for e'''x'''perimental, and gets changed or removed when it enters full production.
23** Though it ''does'' add that extra bit of coolness to a SuperPrototype, we admit.
24* Similar to the above, the ''X'' in question is used as an abbreviation in an acronym for a word in English that has the ''ex-'' prefix, which would properly use ''E'', but ''X'' looks cooler, of course. (Only a few English words begin with X, and most of those derive from Greek. The same holds for most European languages. Also, when starting a word with X in English, it's usually pronounced like "z" rather than like "ks".)
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26Subtrope of XtremeKoolLetterz. For tropes that make use of this and when a work sequel adds the ''X'' after the original title, see LetteredSequel. See also FourX, LetXBeTheUnknown. Other tropes with the letter X include XMarksTheSpot and XMarksTheHero. Not to be confused with [[SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced [A Metasyntactic Variable as Portrayed in This Case by X] Makes Anything Cool]].
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29!!X-amples:
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33[[folder:Anime and Manga X]]
34* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
35** The "Lost Agent" arc deals with an organization called Xcution.
36** Lille Barro of the Vandenreich has an ability called "The X-Axis", one of the most powerful abilities seen among the Schrift and outside of it, and he is an expert sniper with heavy angel motifs.
37* The titular character from ''Anime/BtX'' is a mechanical kirin, famous for being the most powerful battler of the villainous [[TheEmpire Machine Empire]]. Fortunately, he decides to [[HeelFaceTurn help the hero]]...
38* ''Manga/CannonGodExaxxion'' has not one, but three Xs. They explain later that the XXX marks that are stamped all over the title [[SuperRobot robot]] aren't really Xs at all, but rather the last letter of the alphabet used by the aliens who created it. XXX is their generic symbol for an antimatter reactor, as the letter has similar connotations to the Greek letter Omega.
39* ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'', which along with double Xs in the mechas of the title, also has the villains, the Klaxxosaurs.
40* Halfway through ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the main hero Digimon, V-mon (Veemon), finally gets a proper digivolved form of his own, a taller, buffed version of himself called XV-mon ([=ExVeemon=]).
41* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
42** ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', though it didn't ''quite'' work...
43*** Justified, though, in that the titular Gundam's wing binders open up in the shape of an X when it deploys its [[WaveMotionGun Satellite Cannon]].
44* ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' gives us the Turn-X Gundam. Whose name doesn't make a lick of sense, but the thing is awesome ''and'' deadly!
45* The [[YuriGenre Yuri]] manga ''Manga/HayateCrossBlade'' (where the X is pronounced "cross").
46* The ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' franchise gave us ''Audioplay/StrikersSoundStageX''. Confused some people into thinking that this was the tenth Sound Stage (it was the eleventh, excluding the [[FourthWallMailSlot Megami Sound Stages]]). The X [[OneLetterName stands for the]] MysteriousWaif.
47* ''Manga/MysteriousGirlfriendX''. Extra strange because the X doesn't seem to mean anything (the "mysterious girlfriend" has an actual name).
48* The working title for ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}'' movie was Pokémon X, and in fact there is a faint X shape in the final version poster/cover of the Japanese version. This also explains why Lugia is referred to as "Mystery Pokémon X" in a Johto miniarc in [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime]].
49* ''Anime/RahXephon''.
50* ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'', where the X is still intended to be pronounced "[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet and]]".
51* The anime adaptation of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' has two English dubs. One of them leaves the title unchanged, while the other renames the show ''Samurai X''.
52* ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' has Racer X. [[WesternAnimation/SpeedRacerTheNextGeneration Who later named a child "X".]]
53* ''Anime/SonicX'', but we all know that Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} is cool anyway.
54* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
55** This is the basis behind the name of X-Brawn in ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise''. It was for a while thought that X-Brawn was used because Hasbro couldn't secure a trademark on "Brawn", but one of their marketers later explained that they just put in the X to look cool.
56** Planet X in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''.
57* ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'', an anime made by Creator/{{CLAMP}}. Then they went overboard and came up with ''Manga/XxxHolic''... (The xxx is silent, it denotes a variable in Japanese. The English pronunciation would be ___holic.)
58* This trope is the most probable reason for [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] deciding to pronounce the previously silent X in ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' for the English dub.
59* In ''Anime/ZoidsNewCentury'', Ultimate X is the name given to exceptionally powerful Zoids with an integrated BlackBox/Organoid System.
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62[[folder:Comic Books X]]
63* Comic artist Frank Granados goes by "Franx Granados" (or just "Franx").
64* The ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy's Groot comes from Planet X. He was invented in Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s 1950's monster comics, where the name "Planet X" was actually recycled a few times, but the name seems to have stuck in his case.
65* In the crossover ''ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the second volume gives Casey Jones Ranger powers as Ranger X. It turns out to be a play on ''TMNT''[='s=] Dimension X, as the dimension once had its own team of Rangers; with Casey, the Turtles, and April all inheriting the morphers and becoming X-Rangers.
66* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'':
67** Wolverine has a villain called Mister X.
68** And of course Wolverine himself is Weapon X. (These days, it's the Roman numeral, making him the tenth ''weapon'' created by the SuperSoldier project. ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is Weapon I. But that's a retcon created recently in the scheme of things.)
69** Then there's Wolverine's OppositeSexClone ComicBook/{{X 23}}, who was made by a follow-up Weapon X program and is often called "X" by her friends.
70* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Speaking of Wolverine, there's the X-Men as a whole. Because ex-men just doesn't sound cool enough.
71** But for some reason, ''Ex-Mutants'' was...or maybe not.
72** Creator/StanLee wanted to call it "The Mutants," but ExecutiveMeddling (this was TheSixties, he wasn't an executive yet) prevailed. He was told that nobody would know what a mutant was. "But they ''would'' know what an "X-Man" is?" fell on deaf ears.
73** The X-Men's leader, Charles "Professor X" Xavier. There is, however, an excuse apart from having an X on the name: it's a fairly common Spanish name, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_(given_name) a latinized form of the Basque name "Etxeberri"]], which can be spelled "Javier" or "Xavier". "Javier" is much more common in real life, but "Xavier" has the much-coveted X while also being just as correct and legitimate (and is even the local spelling in neighboring France and Portugal).
74** ''X-Men'' spinoffs have driven this so far into the ground it's punched right through the planet. ''X-Treme X-Men'' being the ultimate offender.
75*** Not to mention peripheral X-character "Adam X the X-Treme." Created in the heyday of the NinetiesAntiHero, he has ''that'' name and the power to [[DarkerAndEdgier ignite people's blood]] and possesses more spikes than [[SpikesOfVillainy actual bad guys]] on his costume in order to expose said blood to the air. Top it all off with a baseball cap worn backwards! Basically the living definition of "trying too hard." (Last seen setting TheJuggernaut [[KillItWithFire on fire]], and then [[OhCrap realizing that]] he'd set [[NighInvulnerability the Juggernaut]] [[WreathedInFlames on]] [[InfernalRetaliation fire]]. Yeah, ''that'' could've gone better.)
76*** ''ComicBook/XForce'' #116 introduced the X-Statix, a YoungerAndHipper group of mutants who are marketed in-universe as media superstars.
77** Moira [=MacTaggert=]'s prisoner, the mysterious Mutant X, who turned out to be [[spoiler:her son, AKA Proteus]]. The name was dusted off in the '90s for the [[ComicBook/MutantX comic book]] starring Havok trapped in a ParallelUniverse, and [[Series/MutantX an unrelated TV series]] Marvel had ''some'' hand in (''Series/{{Alphas}}'' is sort of a SpiritualSuccessor).
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80[[folder:Fan Works X]]
81* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' {{fanfic}} ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' features goffik band [=XBlakXTearX=], featuring Serious Blak, Snap, Lucian Malfoy, and Jamez "Samoro" Potter. Notable for the fact that the latter once [[DisproportionateRetribution shot Lucan's arm off for playing a song wrong.]]
82* ''Fanfic/PaperMarioX''. The X stands for "{{crossover}}."
83* Creator/AAPessimal's Literature/{{Discworld}}:
84** [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Rodinian]] witch Xenia Galena runs into a little problem when her name is transliterated from Cyrillic to Morporkian script; in a place fairly recently beset by Gothic dreamers who set up a pseudo-coven of their own, nobody believes anyone can really have a name beginning with an X. Puzzled by older Witches patiently asking her what her ''real'' name is, she turns to a friend who has lived among these peculiar people and knows how their minds work. Irena Politeka explains to both sides.
85** A young Witch whose parents christened her "Xena" also has the same problem. Reluctantly, she trades in the "X" for a "Z" but people suspect that's a made-up "black lacy gloves with no fingers" sort of name too.
86* This trope is all but explicitly stated in the ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''/''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' crossover fic ''Fanfic/SpiderX'', as Tabitha basically makes this observation [[spoiler:when convincing Wanda to join her and Lance in defecting to the X-Men]].
87* One of the most popular ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' fan games has the title ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosX''. After the original URL where the game was located, supermariobros.org, was purchased by Creator/{{Nintendo}}, the creators were able to get away with it by adding an X to it ([[http://supermariobrosx.org supermariobrosx.org]]), also invoking this trope.
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90[[folder:Films -- Live-Action X]]
91* The former MPAA rating X, now essentially synonymous with pornography.
92** "XXX", a porn industry marketing gimmick intended to imply something along the lines of [[RuleOfThree "this movie is three times raunchier than an ordinary X"]].
93** And the [[https://www.theonion.com/porn-director-fights-ratings-board-for-single-x-rating-1819564557 less-desirable XX]].
94* ''Film/AmericanHistoryX'', particularly if you have Creator/AveryBrooks [[TitleDrop bark the phrase]] at the bratty teenager sitting in his office.
95* The film ''[[Film/{{AXL}} A.X.L.]]'' is about a RobotDog which is codenamed that. "A.X.L." actually stands for "'''A'''ttack, E'''x'''ploration, '''L'''ogistics."
96* ''Film/JasonX'', which also just happened to be the tenth movie in the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series.
97* ''Film/JuliaX'' is about SerialKillerKiller Julia, who has an "X" [[PainToTheAss branded on her butt cheek]] by the SerialKiller known as the "the Brand Killer."
98* ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' FilmOfTheBook is acronymed LXG. Why? Just because.
99* In the remake of ''Film/TheLongestYard'', Joey Battle (played by Bill Goldberg) has "X" as his uniform "number".
100* Advertisements for ''Film/MalcolmX'' often featured simply a lone "X" logo. This actually backfired a bit on them because you cannot trademark a letter, so the filmmakers could not claim a cut from knock-off merchandise.
101* X-Wings in ''Franchise/StarWars'' are, like other crafts of the Rebel Alliance, named so because they look like that letter. This is interesting because the ''Star Wars'' universe uses the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Aurebesh Aurebesh]] script, leading to the question why inhabitants of a galaxy "far, far away" should name their ships after Latin letters. TranslationConvention, or just more InexplicableCulturalTies? Eventually it's {{retcon}}ned that a "[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/High_Galactic_alphabet High Galactic]]" script that's [[InexplicableCulturalTies inexplicably identical to the Latin alphabet]] also exists in the ''Star Wars'' universe.
102* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'':
103** The spacecraft Zero-X in the first film, ''Thunderbirds Are GO''. Not a prototype, this was the one intended for the first trip to Mars, [[spoiler:until it failed during liftoff and [[StuffBlowingUp exploded in the ocean]]]]. The replacement ship that launched two years later (2067) was also called Zero-X.
104** In the backstory of ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'', a third Zero-X mission was launched in 2068 ([[spoiler:the second Zero-X also exploded]]), suggesting that the name refers to the spacecraft design, as well as with the [[spoiler:only extant]] ship.
105* ''Film/XXx'', starring Creator/VinDiesel. xXx's real name is Xander Cage, so the xXx tattooed on his neck could be his initial [[RuleOfThree repeated three times]]. However, after he steals an [[MoralGuardians anti-game senator's]] sports car and drives it off a bridge so he can BASE jump off it in the opening scenes, Creator/SamuelLJackson's character suggests the three X's could also mean three "strikes" against the law. Jackson's character goes on to use 'XXX' as the name for the new task force he has created to bring together unconventional agents to battle dangerous threats.
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108[[folder:Literature X]]
109* ''Literature/DanielX''
110* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
111** Agnes Nitt, a young woman, desperately tries to acquire some cool by (briefly) assuming the name [[AwesomeMcCoolname Perdita X Dream]], where [[MysteriousMiddleInitial "X"]] stands for "someone who has a cool and exciting middle name." Doesn't work though -- all the people in her village refer to her as "the Agnes who calls herself Perditax."
112** In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', we find that Dr. Hicks, the head of [[InsistentTerminology Post-Mortem Communications]] at Unseen University first introduced in ''Literature/MakingMoney'', has started spelling his last name Hix because "a man who wears a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] robe with nasty symbols on it and has a skull ring would be mad, or let us say even madder, to pass up the chance to have an X in his name."
113** The continent [[LandDownUnder XXXX]] was originally a mapmaker's label, as in it was so unknown they didn't even know what a good name was for it. "Fourecks" actually ''became'' its name.[[note]]XXXX is also the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlemaine_XXXX a well known Australian beer]], pronounced Fourecks.[[/note]]
114* In Craig Charles' ''The Log'', he advises any heroes in a movie, when confronted with the villain's office full of filing cabinets, to go straight for the one labelled 'X'. "No evil mastermind has ever named his plan to TakeOverTheWorld 'Project W', guys."
115* The SF trilogy by Ramez Naam: "Nexus", "Crux", "Apex". The second one even got a somewhat shoehorned TitleDrop in the respective book, as if to say: [[SarcasmMode "Hey, it's totally NOT this trope!"]]
116* In ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'', the biggest competition in Quillain's existence is the Grand X.
117* The [[TheHeartless Echthroi]] in Creator/MadeleineLEngle's book ''Literature/AWindInTheDoor'' have the power to unmake elements of creation, a process referred to as Xing.
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120[[folder:Live-Action TV X]]
121* Creator/DisneyXD, or "eXtremely Digital". That's right, little boys, Creator/{{Disney}} is cool now and totally not just for girls.
122* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
123** The Boltons seem to think so and this includes desecrated corpses! The saltire motif is prominently displayed on Bolton heraldry and paraphernalia, and represents the Saint Andrew's Cross-like torture frame that they bind their victims to. Even the Bolton forces' little figurine on Robb Stark's map has the screaming flayed man on an X-frame.
124** House Umber's sigil is four chains linked by a central ring on a dark red field.
125* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
126** The original Showa era had Kamen Riders [[Series/KamenRiderX X]], [[Film/KamenRiderZX ZX]][[note]]pronounced "Zet-Cross"[[/note]], and [[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX BLACK RX]] (the "RX" denoting an upgrade from Series/KamenRiderBLACK).
127** In ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'', Kamen Rider G3 upgraded his PoweredArmor to G3-X, "Generation-3 [=eXtension=]". Kamen Rider Gills also skirted this trope with the name of his SuperMode, Exceed Gills.
128** ''Series/KamenRider555'' gave us Kaixa, whose motif is the Greek letter Kai (looks like an X, and his suit is covered with them).
129** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' had Kamen Rider IXA, whose name is based on ''ikusa'' ("fighting", "battle", "war", etc.) but with an X. It's also an acroynm for "Intercept X Attacker", with X meaning "cross" -- he's designed to be an interceptor going against attacking threats.
130** [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Kamen Rider W]] is normally themed around his name letter, but his SuperMode swaps it out for [=Xes=] as W Xtreme.
131** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'': As part of the show's 10th anniversary projects, Kamen Rider Birth gets a new SuperMode as Birth X, complete with X-emblazoned armor.
132** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'', short for "Extreme Aid" (he's a doctor, so it's presumably better than first aid). Besides just his name, he gets his powers from a FictionalVideoGame series whose titles usually have an X or two on the end. The same series also has Kamen Rider Para-DX, which is "paradox" with XtremeKoolLetterz.
133** In ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'', both Kamen Riders Saber and Saikou get upgrades associated with Xes. For Saikou, he draws power from an American-style comic book called ''X-Swordman'', and his armor in this form includes a large X on his chest. Meanwhile, Saber's SuperMode is named Xross Saber (pronounced "Cross", but with an X for coolness points).
134** In a tie-in movie for ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'', Geats' EvilKnockoff is called Cross Geats as a pun on the cross fox, "cross" sounding like "kuro" ("black"), and importantly for this trope, it can be rendered "X Geats" as a play on Geats' own SuperMode Geats IX.
135** Series/KamenRiderGotchard uses CardsOfPower ranked from 1 to 10. The Rank 10 cards are heavily associated with [=Xes=], incorporating them into the names and designs of the characters they depict, and Gotchard activates their power with an X-shaped add-on for his TransformationTrinket.
136* ''Series/MostExtremeEliminationChallenge'' or just [[OfficiallyShortenedTitle MXC]]. [[SigningOffCatchPhrase Don't! Get! Eliminated!]]
137* The TV show ''[[ShowWithinAShow Wormhole X-Treme!]]'' within ''Series/StargateSG1''.
138-->'''Martin:''' Research says that shows with "X" in the name get higher ratings.
139* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
140** Starfleet designates experimental starships' line number with NX, instead of the usual NCC. Unfortunately, NX is changed to NCC as soon as the model enters common use.
141** In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', the "NX" designation is used for the entire class of starships that the ''Enerprise'' belongs to, as the Earth Starfleet operates under different conventions than the chronologically later series' Federation Starfleet.
142** Every proper noun in the language of [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Neelix's]] species, the Talaxians, contains an X somewhere.
143* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
144** In ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', the TransformationSequence includes three [=Xs=] (and a V) because ''Gokaiger'' is the 35th ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series.
145** In ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVSKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'', the SixthRanger has an X theme, with them on his helmet visor and mecha.
146* ''Series/UltramanX'' puts the X on whatever it can find. Ultraman X himself has an X ChestInsignia, and was codenamed "X" because of it. He then doubles up on it with the name of his SuperMode, Exceed X. Heck, the Xio team HomeBase is a giant building shaped like an X!
147* ''Series/UltrasevenX'', released in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of ''Series/{{Ultraseven}}''.
148* ''Series/TheXFiles'':
149** The famous FBI department is called simply X-Files for no apparent reason. However, there is a really cool explanation which appeared on the show in season 5. They might have been called the U-Files for "unsolved" but weren't thanks to the filing system at the FBI in the 50's.
150--->'''Clerk Bahnsen:''' It's in an X-file.\
151'''Agent Dales:''' An "X-file"?\
152'''Clerk Bahnsen:''' Yes, unsolved cases. I file them under "X".\
153'''Agent Dales:''' Why don't you file them under "U" for "unsolved"?\
154'''Clerk Bahnsen:''' That's what I did until I ran out of room. Plenty of room in the "X"s.
155** Agent Mulder's second MysteriousInformant is known only as Mr. X.
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158[[folder:Music X]]
159* Brand X.
160* Charlotte Aitchison's real name is a fairly clunky and unflattering one for a pop singer, so she took her [[AGoodNameForARockBand MSN Messenger screen name]], Music/CharliXCX, and spiced it up a bit.
161-->"It stands for Kiss Charli Kiss, which is fucking lame. It used to be my handle on MSN Messenger. Then I got signed and thought, "Maybe I need to make it cooler," so I told the record label it stood for X-rated Cunt X-rated."
162* DMX, named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberheim_DMX the eponymous drum machine]], and who often reduces his name to just X (i.e. "X Gon' Give It to Ya" and his debut album ''... And Then There Was X'').
163* EXNLXDE.
164* Gibson Guitar Corporation created the [[BrokenBase mixedly received]] [[http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Firebird/Gibson-USA/Firebird-X.aspx Firebird X]], an electric guitar with digital effects and other futuristic additions. Granted, the previous Firebird models are defined with roman numerals (Firebird I, II, III, V, VII, and XII) but there never was a VI, VIII, or IX. Neither was there XI, making the XII and X most probably this trope.
165* HardcorePunk and [[{{Metalcore}} Metallic Hardcore]] bands (particularly those of the UsefulNotes/StraightEdge persuasion): X's drawn or tattooed on hands are common fashion and often incorporated into band names as well (examples include xDeathstarx, xTyrantx and xLooking Forwardx). The drawn or tattooed "x" seems to have stemmed from "all-ages" concerts, where the doorman would mark underage concert-goers' hands or wrists with an "X" so that bartenders would know not to serve them alcohol -- in that context, it was likely chosen because it was just a simple and recognizable shape, but the fact that it's considered a "cool" letter probably also helped it to catch on as a symbol of straight edge.
166* {{Industrial}} and [[ElectronicMusic EBM]] bands are fond of this trope. We have X-RX, X-Fusion (and [SdrawkcabName Noisuf-X]]), Studio-X, [=XP8=], H.E.X.E., among others. Even bands that don't strictly fit this trope still make frequent use of XtremeKoolLetterz.
167* For Music/{{Pentatonix}}, the group was originally going to be called "The Pentatonics", after the pentatonic scale. A friend suggested dropping the "The" and adding X at the end.
168* Trap artist scarlxrd loves to replace "O"s with Xs.
169* Borderline case: Charlie Sexton's second album, titled just "Charlie Sexton", with the "X" of his name red and x-tra large. Hey, theoretically he could have used any ''other'' letter than the X for that purpose, so it falls under this trope...
170* Progressive metal group Music/SymphonyX.
171* Progressive rock band Twelfth Night's 1986 album is sometimes listed as ''X'', but that's actually a mistake. The cover features the band's name incorporated into what looks like a double-underlined X, but is actually the Roman numeral XII (for Twelfth) on its side. The album's actually called ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Twelfth Night]]''.
172* The UrExample is Los Angeles punk band X, led by John Doe and E'''x'''ene Cervenka.
173** And the Australian band with the same name.
174** Music/XJapan was also originally just named X. They had to change their name when they broke out of Japan because of the already well-established American X.
175** In the opposite direction, for a few years in the 1990s British band Bush was known as Bush X in Canada, because a Canadian band from the 1970s still owned the name there.
176** British group Liberty X added their X for similar reasons, after being formed from a TV talent show's runners-up as plain 'Liberty'. This was a permanent change, though, as the name was contested within the UK, rather than being a moniker-of-convenience temporarily adopted abroad.
177* Music/{{XTC}}. Doubles, of course, as a {{Pun}} [[DontExplainTheJoke on ecstasy]].
178* Music/TheXX, who also was originally named X before realizing that there were other bands with that name.
179* Rapper and sometimes Riddick-antagonist Music/{{Xzibit}}.
180** Don't overlook his signature song that goes "'''''X!''''' (untz-untz-untzuntz) '''''X!''''' (untz-cont'd)". Snoop Dogg is also featured in the ending:
181--->''Mr. X-uberant, X-travagant, X-traordinary, X-citing, X-alotta.''\
182''And what's the recipe? X-calibur weaponry, and we shoot them X-ceptionally.''\
183''X marks the spot? Fuck not, X spots the marks. X-clamation point, niggas.''
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186[[folder:Pinball X]]
187* Creator/SternPinball's ''Pinball/StrikerXtreme'' combines this with TotallyRadical.
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190[[folder:Professional Wrestling X]]
191* Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}'s Xyberhawx 2000, who are billed from [[PartsUnknown "Xyberspace"]].
192* Wrestling/DGenerationX
193* When Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin worked in Wrestling/{{New Japan|ProWrestling}} and Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH in the 2010s, he was known as Shelton X Benjamin.
194* [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s X-Division, the Ultimate X match, and the pay per view Destination X.
195* Short-lived, Creator/{{MTV}}-backed promotion Wrestling/WrestlingSocietyX.
196* No better way to exemplify the trope than Wrestling/VinceRusso's early TNA stable "Sports Entertainment [[XtremeKoolLetterz Xtreme]]", a typical FunWithAcronyms Russo idea.
197* The seventeenth and eighteenth Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}s, called, respectively, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_X-Seven WrestleMania X-Seven]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_X8 WrestleMania X8]].
198* Then there was "[[Wrestling/SeanWaltman X-Pac]]," derived from how he had been known as "Syxx" as a member of the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder in Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1996-1997, and his gear sometimes featured the words "Syxx-Pac."
199[[/folder]]
200
201[[folder:Radio X]]
202* Radio stations in Mexico have call letters that begin with X. This was just an arbitrary assignment by the International Telecommunication Union, but it's very distinctive and memorable. Especially in the days of the "border blasters" and [=DJs=] like Creator/WolfmanJack, the X carried a certain otherworldly, almost outlaw mystique, which Music/ZZTop celebrated in "Heard it on the X".
203* ''Radio/DimensionX'': The title relies on the imagination of [[AnotherDimension alternate dimensions]], these stories were all about the [[LetXBeTheUnknown unknown]]; what is to come and how exciting it would be.
204* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': "Project X" in the episode of the same name.
205* ''Radio/XMinusOne'': The title comes from the countdown for a rocketship; "X minus five, minus four, minus three, minus two, X minus one...". The association is due to the emphasis on ScienceFiction for this radio program.
206[[/folder]]
207
208[[folder:Tabletop Games X]]
209* While they haven't yet appeared in [[Anime/YuGiOh the show]], the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card game has the X-Sabers and their beefed-up cousins, the XX-Sabers.
210[[/folder]]
211
212[[folder:Toys X]]
213* The Franchise/{{LEGO}} X-Pod line released in the mid-2000s.
214[[/folder]]
215
216[[folder:Video Games X]]
217* In the mid-90s, a reader of ''Magazine/ElectronicGamingMonthly'' who noticed this phenomenon wrote a letter to the editors asking what the deal was. EGM responded with a sarcastic, dismissive remark, because at the time, EGM responded to ''every'' letter with a sarcastic, dismissive remark.
218* The PSX... err, ''[=PS1=]'' games ''1Xtreme'' (originally titled ''ESPN Extreme Games''), ''2Xtreme'', and ''3Xtreme''. Supposedly they are a combination of racing and eXtreme sports, as in rollerblades and skateboards.
219* FourX strategy games. They should actually be Four E strategy games, but ''X'' is cooler.
220* ''VideoGame/AceCombat'':
221** ''VideoGame/AceCombatXSkiesOfDeception''
222** In ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'', the enemy ace Mihaly A. Shilage is often called Mister X, overlapping with LetXBeTheUnknown.
223* The X-Strike CombinationAttack in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' and its successor, ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''. The two participants each perform a DashAttack against a single target, resulting in an X-shaped pattern. In ''Trigger'', it's performed by Crono and Frog, and is useful against bosses in the early and midgame. In ''Cross'', it's performed by Serge and Glenn, and is absurdly powerful, especially after both characters attain their respective [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity+1 Swords]].
224* ''VideoGame/{{Clockwords}}'': The letter X is the only one that has a damage level of five. Any words that have it can deal an impressive 25 damage.
225* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer: The First Decade'' has an X superimposed in the box art. Of course, it makes sense, but you know....
226* ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'':
227** ''DDR'' joined in the group of games with an X with ''Dance Dance Revolution X''. Although there is some meaning to it as ''DDRX'' was released during the game's tenth anniversary.
228** Some of the ''MAX'' series of songs like to throw in an extra X: "[=MaxX=] Unlimited", "Fascination MAXX", and the supposed dummied song "MAX to the [=XXXimum=]".
229** Not to be confused, of course, with ''VideoGame/RevolutionX'', the only UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame to run on Creator/{{Midway|Games}}'s "X-unit" board.
230* Some skills in the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series have X-shaped [[AreaOfEffect areas of effect]].
231* ''VideoGame/DottoriKun'' uses up to 3 Xs as enemies.
232* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
233** Thanks to [[{{Bowdlerise}} censorship]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' on the NES, Kill was named XXXX. There's also the Warp/Banish spell, occasionally known as X-Zone as in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.
234** On the subject of the series, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' probably counts as an aversion, as the "X" still stands for "ten", [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX the game]] that ''X-2'' is a direct sequel to. Yes, this means there are two layers of numbering on this game; what's your point?
235* Playboy X, one of the main characters of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''.
236* Present in three of the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' sequels (and [[CapcomSequelStagnation their corresponding revisions]]): ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearX'', ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearXX XX]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearXrd Xrd]]'' (pronounced "Zex", "Igzex" and "Igzird", respectively).
237* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero,'' ''VideoGame/RockBand,'' and ''VideoGame/DanceCentral'' developer Creator/{{Harmonix}}.
238* The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series ''loves'' this, overlapping with LetXBeTheUnknown:
239** Every member of Organization XIII has an X in their names in a form of ThemeNaming -- [[SignificantAnagram their names are anagrams of their original names]], plus an X. Some of these work fairly well like Dilan becoming Xaldin, but some like Axel just seemed to raise questions and eyebrows. [[spoiler:Even when his real name was revealed to be the slightly feminine-looking Lea (pronounced "Lee" to mitigate that) in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 358/2 Days]]''.]] The exception is Xemnas, who stole the name Ansem before his transformation. His original self was named Xehanort, which, if the X is removed, can make "no heart" and "another" -- or [[spoiler:"no earth", given he steals the body of a guy named Terra]].
240** There's also the χ-blade from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''. It's spelled like the actual Greek letter "chi", which makes it a MultipleReferencePun and is the reason for the Organization's naming practices mentioned above. And its wielder can fire a SwordBeam, of course in the shape of an X.
241** Sora's new outfit in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance Dream Drop Distance]]'' features a silver X on his chest. It even carries over to his TronLines in [[Film/TronLegacy The Grid]]. [[spoiler:The same game also reveals that the X is formally known as the "Recusant's Sigil" -- a mark that gives Xehanort the ability to seek down anyone marked with it. This is the reasoning for the ThemeNaming above as well as why Naminé, being exempt from said ThemeNaming, is able to hide from them during ''358/2 Days'' and ''II''.]]
242* ''Klaxxon'', so cool they x-ed it twice. (If not it wouldn't have been an example. In this case, the X is somewhat justified -- can you imagine the game being titled "Horn" or "Siren"? -- because you get extra points for making a big X in gameplay.)
243* Creator/{{Atlus}}' fairly obscure HackAndSlash game ''VideoGame/MakenX'' is a twofer. The eponymous Maken is a sentient demon sword wielded by the game's heroine, while the "X" in the title can be chalked up to RuleOfCool. Then, when the game was ported from the [[Platform/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] to the Platform/PlayStation2, it was retitled ''Maken Shao''. [[BilingualBonus Among other reasons]], this is because there was already an "X" in the title (魔剣X), so the "爻" character[[labelnote:*]]"shao" in Cantonese[[/labelnote]] used in the new title (魔剣爻) [[VisualPun is meant to resemble a "XX"]].
244* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
245** ''VideoGame/MegaManX''. This may have caused confusion, as the American release used Roman numerals to denote the title while Japan used Arabic numbers. So to Japan, ''Mega Man X'' was just a name. To Americans, they might have thought this was the tenth ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' game (though this was {{Jossed}} long before the release of ''VideoGame/MegaMan10''). It helps that the titular Mega Man in this series is actually named "X" by Dr. Light, and, being a SuperPrototype bot, [[LetXBeTheUnknown the name was likely applied to signify his status as such]].
246*** ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' mentioned it in his name confusion video.
247*** Even ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/02/24/ got it mixed up]].
248** A later series goes even further: ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''. It's very convenient that the characters Zero and X already have the naming conventions to set up the kool title. (And, in fact, the hero of the first ''ZX'' [[HenshinHero gets to use both of their powers together]], hence the title.)
249* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug X'' and ''Metal Slug XX'', which were remakes of ''Metal Slug 2'' and ''Metal Slug 7''.
250* In ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'', the main antagonistic threat are alien parasites called the X Parasites, with the ability to KillAndReplace their prey. The X were so dangerous, the Chozo had to bioengineer their own predators, the eponymous Metroids, just to keep the population down, which would in turn lead to everything else in the series when villainous groups decided to use the Metroids as weapons.
251* ''VideoGame/MicrosoftFlightSimulator X'', the tenth game in the series. All previous ''Flight Simulator'' games were named after the year they were released.
252* The tenth ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' game is called "''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''" (which is "ex" as in "next"...[[DoubleMeaningTitle but also "10"]]).
253* In ''VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}'', there is a modified, much more powerful and [[NintendoHard harder to beat]] version of [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Popeye the Sailor]] double-modified by [=ArthurDM=] and then DDR named [[https://mugenarchive.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=38599-popeye-x-ddr Popeye X]]. The X was added to his name for no reason, aside from making the everyone's favourite already cool spinach-eating sailor sound even cooler. X-ellent x'cuse!
254* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has the X-Nauts. And the X-Yux (supposedly pronounced "cross-yux"). Or just the Yux in general.
255* When [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] gets a cold, his favorite brand of cold medicine is called Cold Killer X. Note, this only applies to the localization. In the original Japanese version, it was called Cold Killer ''Z''.
256* The Platform/DSiWare game ''VideoGame/PhotoDojo'', known as ''Photo Fighter X'' in Japan.
257* Before its release, the code name of the first Platform/PlayStation was PS-X, short for [=PlayStation=]-eXperimental. (This is why you'll often see [=PS1=] titles designated with "PSX" when mentioned.) Later, Sony released a digital video recorder with integrated [=PlayStation=] and Platform/PlayStation2 hardware, called PSX.
258* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
259** ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' falls under the "''ex''-prefix" exception, as XD stands for "eXtra Darkness" and "eXtra Dimension."
260** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Pokémon X Version]]'' is a straighter example, although its counterpart being ''Pokémon Y Version'' means it depends on whether real-world X/Y pairings are a case of this trope.
261* ''VideoGame/Progressbar95'': Progressbar 1X. It's the most cutting-edge system available, and the only one with a radial progressbar.
262* Creator/DanielRemar likes to use the Roman "X" instead of "10" in his games (such as ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'') for this reason.
263* The Platform/SegaGenesis CDX was an all-in-one console that could play both cartridge and CD games, and also served as a (not very) portable audio CD player. The Genesis also had the 32X add-on.
264* ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' introduced an example of this to the ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' series' [[RankInflation ever-expanding]] list of multiplayer ranks. First are the nine lettered ranks from Rank C- to Rank A+, then the even higher Rank S, and ''then'' the additional Rank S+, which itself contains ten numbered sub-ranks from S+0 to S+9... If one can climb their way through all of these, they will be awarded with the highest rank in the game, which contains roughly the ''top one percent'' of all players: '''Rank X'''.
265* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': The Japanese version of ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II Turbo]]'' is called ''Super Street Fighter II X'' (likely changed due to the fact that the letter X could be confused with the Roman numeral for ten). This is the reason why the letter "X" appears when a Super Combo is used in the Platform/GameBoyAdvance version, as well as why the ''Super Turbo''-like fighting style in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'' is called "X-ism".
266* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' is titled ''Dairantou! Smash Bros. X'' in Japan. ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee Melee]]'' was also ''DX'', short for "Deluxe."
267* The final boss music from ''VideoGame/TouhouHisoutensokuChoudokyuuGinyoruNoNazoOOe'' is Unknown X, Unfound Adventure.
268* ''VideoGame/TheTreeOfLife'': The Chromosome layer is marked as X. Downplayed as it's likely named after the well-known X chromosome, and the letter C was taken by Cells, while two letters are reserved for sublayers.
269* The Platform/TurboGrafx16 and its successor PC-FX.
270* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'': If you ask him for life advice [[CoolOldGuy Smilin' Jack]] will mock any PlayerCharacter whose name contains an 'X' by claiming that you should never trust people with an 'X' in their name.
271* The Japan-only Platform/GameBoy game ''X'' and its [=DSiWare=] sequel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lfPZ75XcpQ X-Scape]]
272* The early online adapter for the Genesis and the [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]], the Platform/{{XBAND}}.
273* ''X-Blades'', for no real reason. It was originally called ''Oniblade'', which would make this a case of [[{{Animesque}} Anime Makes Anything Cool]].
274* The Platform/{{Xbox}} line of game consoles is the highest profile example in all of video gaming. Its ancestor, the 8-bit Platform/{{MSX}} computer line, invoked this trope all the way back in the 1980s. Apparently the single X lost its luster, though, so they [[SequelEscalation added another one]] for the 2017 and 2020 editions, the Platform/XboxOne X and Platform/{{Xbox Series X|AndS}}.
275* ''VideoGame/XCom''. It stands for "eXtraterrestial [=COMbat=] unit". And sounds extremely cool.
276* Egosoft's [[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]], an entire series which gets its name from the player's ship in ''X: Beyond the Frontier'': The Xperimental Shuttle.
277* The sequel to ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' is entitled ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''. No explanation has yet been given for the X in the title, though until recently the codename for the game was just "X" before it was revealed to be a ''Xenoblade'' sequel.
278* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', the character KOS-MOS (she's a robot... imagine that) has a development code of KP-X.
279* Early 90s arcade shooter ''Xexex'', which also has the benefit of being a palindrome.
280[[/folder]]
281
282[[folder:WebAnimation X]]
283* Xeriouxly Forxe, the mock-DarkerAndEdgier version of ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has a loose system for it: Generally, any 'S' sound is replaced with an X. The characterx have acknowledged the difficulty of xpeaking thix way.
284[[/folder]]
285
286[[folder:Webcomics X]]
287* In ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' Dr. Hayter left the Blackbox project for the mysterious Project X shortly before Menulis ate the two scientists he'd been working with on the project during a full moon.
288* Well, [[BigBad Xykon]] from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' certainly thinks so. He chose the name Xykon for himself after meeting a man named [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Xavion who wanted to recruit him]] for [[ComicBook/XMen his team of sorcerers]], and thought the name "Xavion" sounded cool.
289* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''. According to WordOfGod, it doesn't stand for anything, it's chosen to make it difficult to pronounce, and of course because it's cool. And yes, its official spelling is with all lowercase, or possibly all uppercase if that is not usable for some reason. Xkcd is "frowned upon".
290* ''Webcomic/{{XWhy}}''. Because x can be anything, and you'll know why.
291[[/folder]]
292
293[[folder:WebOriginal X]]
294* A certain ''very'' NSFW site URL begins with ex- (no triple x though) and directly cites the above ''Futurama'' quote. [[SchmuckBait It's hit #45389 from 82600 if you ''have'' to Google.]]
295* This trope is {{discussed|Trope}} during LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys' LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/MarioParty4'':
296-->'''LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}:''' Creator/MichaelBay wants to sound like even more of a badass guy so he's like "I am Michael Bay... X!"
297* The Website/YouTube 10-year MilestoneCelebration video is an "A-to-Z". The word "experiments" is used for the X.
298* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/theletterX/ The letter itself even has it's own subreddit.]] X-otic, ain't it?
299[[/folder]]
300
301[[folder:Web Video X]]
302* Auralnauts' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuw5u5qXPjs fake commercial]] for an "X-Chair".
303[[/folder]]
304
305[[folder:Western Animation X]]
306* Protoform X in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Along with Cheetor's line that the pod was branded with "a big, bad-lookin' X!"
307* The ''Franchise/Ben10'' franchise has Alien X, Ben's RealityWarper form. In addition to highlighting his mysterious nature, it doubles as a StealthPun, as X is the Roman numeral for 10.
308* Planet X in the Westernanimation/DuckDodgers cartoons. Later {{parodied|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury'': they find Planet X by first searching for Planet A, followed by Planet B, followed by...
309* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has the TropeNamer in its episode ''[[Recap/FuturamaS2E16AnthologyOfInterestI Anthology of Interest I]]'', who also manages to double as the Trope Namer for BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord. See the citation above both pages.
310* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' has Johnny X.
311* ''WesternAnimation/TheModifyers'' has Agent Xero.
312* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'': The Inspector and Sgt. Deux Deux are out to apprehend a figure simply named "X" in the cartoon "Plastered In Paris." It turns out that X is actually the Interpol phys-ed coach and was giving the Inspector a workout.
313* WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}} were brought to life ''and'' given their ultra-super powers via Chemical X. In one episode Mojo Jojo removes their powers using Antidote X.
314* "X Agent" from ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity''. The trope was parodied in his first appearance:
315-->'''General Specific:''' I don't want an "X Agent"! I want a ''current'' agent!\
316'''Private Public:''' The "X" is put in to indicate mysteriousness rather than his job status sir.\
317'''General Specific:''' Well why can't he choose another letter? Like "K"?\
318'''Private Public:''' "K" isn't as mysterious a letter as "X", sir.\
319'''General Specific:''' What about "L"? "L" is pretty mysterious! ''[waving fingers]'' Llllllllllllll...Lllllllll!!!\
320'''Narrator:''' [[LemonyNarrator So, as General Specific re-acquaints himself with the alphabet...]]
321* Dimension X from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', which is alternately described as a distant spiral galaxy or an alternate dimension.
322* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' features a villain named Red X. Although he does utilise a variety of tools with an "X" motif, the design of the tools would entirely depend on the user's taste, so the trope still applies.
323[[/folder]]
324
325[[folder:Computers X]]
326* The operating system UNIX. Originally it was Unics, a pun on "Multics".
327** The X Window System for UNIX and Linux (which includes x-terminal, x-clock, x-eyes, etc). Justified--it's predecessor was "W" (as in ''windowing''), which ran on the V operating system. 'X11', or even just 'X' also count.
328* Microsoft seems to like this trope.
329** Back in the '80's, they made a version of Unix[[note]] A bit ironic since Windows is now pretty much the only commonly used OS that isn't Unix-derived, but that's beside the point[[/note]] which they called Xenix.
330** Early Microsoft Windows 1.01 for Tulip Computers OEM releases was called "1.xx", [[OlderThanYouThink so the idea of using double Xs did]] ''not'' start with Xbox. The Zenith Z-100 release is also called 1.AX.
331*** Microsoft refers various Windows 2.01, 2.11, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.11 releases as Windows 2.x and 3.x.
332** Windows XP. The XP stands for e''XP''erience, possibly because someone at Microsoft Central had been playing ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
333** The cancelled version of Windows 10, the Windows 10X. [[note]]Originally announced for use on dual-screen devices such as the Surface Neo and other potential form factors, 10X featured a modified user interface designed around context specific interactions or "postures" on such devices, including a redesigned Start menu with no tiles, and use of container technology to run Win32 software.[[/note]]
334** One of their 2-in-1 computers is called Surface Pro '''X'''.
335** Microsoft's "[=DirectX=]" and "[=ActiveX=]" [=APIs=]. What does the X convey about the product, exactly? [[labelnote:actual answer]] The X is short for "Extensions". The [=Win32=] GDI (the standard set of libraries used by Windows programs to perform graphics and input functionalities) proved too bulky and too slow to be used for games, having been designed instead to be a more general set of functionalities for application development. "Direct Extensions," or [=DirectX=], was a library meant to simplify access to low level input/output hardware for graphics, input, sound, and networking. X for eXtension also applies to Intel's MMX instruction set. The other letters varied in meaning, or lack thereof, according to which side of the legal battlefield you were standing on. The X in this case is also the variable 'X', since [=DirectX=] is a collection of several different technologies, such as [=DirectSound=], [=Direct3D=], [=DirectDraw=], etc., though most of those besides [=Direct3D=] have been deprecated so when people talk about [=DirectX=] nowadays they're usually referring to [=Direct3D=].[[/labelnote]]
336** The Platform/{{Xbox}} falls under this trope as well. Microsoft realized that "[=DirectX=] Box" just didn't sound all that catchy. The Xbox is, essentially, just a computer with streamlined [=DirectX=] support[[note]]It's actually more complicated than that, as while the Xbox is an [=x86=] machine, it deviates significantly from a run of the mill IBM compatible.[[/note]], one of the reasons why it and its successor are touted as being "developer friendly."
337*** And of course, there's the Platform/XboxOne X. When not even two X'es are cool enough. Followed by the Platform/XboxSeriesX (though that one has an alternate, the Series S).
338** That "[=XNA=]" is an example becomes clear once you realise what it stands for. XNA is a RecursiveAcronym which stands for "'''X'''NA's '''N'''ot '''A'''cronymed". So the only reason the first letter is XNA is X is because...XNA starts with X. Any other letter could be chosen to get the same result[[note]]ANA = '''A'''NA's '''N'''ot '''A'''cronymed, BNA = '''B'''NA's '''N'''ot '''A'''cronymed, CNA = '''C'''NA's '''N'''ot '''A'''croymed etc.[[/note]], but they wouldn't be as cool as X.
339** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Phoenix Even the codenames aren't immune to the trope]], as the available from Microsoft Connect is named Phoeni'''x'''.
340* XML (eXtensible Markup Language) and related standards, such as XHTML, XSL (including XSLT and XSL-FO), [=XForms, XPath, XQuery=], [[OverlyLongGag XLink, XPointer, and so on]].
341** On a side note, there's actually an older, unrelated [=XForms=](a GUI toolkit), which is completely [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since it was ported from [=IrisGL to X11=].
342* Of course, hardware names can't be avoided either:
343** The [=XT, ATX, BTX, and DTX=] motherboard design standards. The X supposedly means X-Tended.
344** The PCI slot had an upgraded cousin, the PCI-X slot (again, meaning X-Tended).
345*** When PCI-Express came about, people thought PCI-X meant that. PCI-Express's unofficial bbreviation is [=PCIe=].
346** ATI/AMD and NVIDIA all have an X card.
347*** For NVIDIA, up until 2014 the X moniker meant it was a high end card, usually marketed to gamers: the entry level card has no extra letter (in the GT 200 series it was the Geforce GT 210), the mid-range card had an S (e.g. GTS 250), and the high end card had the coveted X (e.g. GTX 280); this began to get pushed aside with the Geforce 900 series, which only uses the GT moniker for the lowest end card (like the GT 1030) and starts using the GTX moniker for anything even remotely mid-end like the GTX 1050 all the way to the GTX 1080 Ti. With the 20 series, Nvidia finally embraced the X by labeling all the models with an RTX, with the R standing for "ray-tracing". (However, they didn't replace the leading 9 with a leading Roman X -- this was because they would otherwise not have the chance of selling a card with a designation that evoked the Full HD [=1080p=] video standard).
348*** ATI/AMD did this in 2005 when they jumped from the ATI Radeon 9000 series to the X300-X600 series, again in 2016 when they jumped from the AMD Radeon R7/9-300 series to the RX 400 series, then throughout 2017 with the RX 500 and RX Vega series, ''and'' their post-R5/7/9/X cards often get a slightly cheaper trim level with an X at the end of the model, e.g. the [[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-r7-260x-vs-next-gen-console Radeon R7 260X]]. They eventually dropped the X in 2019 with the Radeon VII, but later returned to it two-fold with the announcement of the RX 5700 XT.
349** AMD's CPU division also uses the X moniker. Their old lineup of high performance processors was the FX series, the Ryzen series has an X that means they're overclock-ready unlike Intel's K (the AMD Ryzen R7 1800X is overclockable, like the Intel Core i7 7700K), and their chipsets also have an X at the end for the high end models.
350** The graphics card company XFX, which also slaps on XXX when one X isn't enough for their souped up graphics cards. So you end up with cards like the "XFX [=Radeon=] RX 580 XXX". (XFX thankfully held back with the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which would give a whopping total of ''seven'' X if it had a similar name, and called their high performance variant of that card "[[https://www.xfxforce.com/gpus/radeon-tm-rx-5700-xt-8gb-gddr6-thicc-iii-ultra XFX RX 5700 XT THICC III ULTRA]]").
351** Intel uses XE for the "Extreme Edition" processors (it was formerly EE) and, with their part numbers sporting an X. Any high-end chipset also sports an X.
352** Intel also has the Xeon line of processors.
353** Corsair has its XMS brand of memory.
354** The codenames for the Xbox 360's processor and GPU are the Xenon and Xenos, respectively. The Platform/PlayStation3's GPU is the RSX.
355** Creative Lab's X-Fi, for eXtreme Fidelity!
356* And some actual computer models:
357** Dell's eXtreme Performance System, or XPS. EPS wouldn't be a great marketing name, would it? They also pretty much tacked it on to every computer they have
358** IBM PC-XT.
359** Apricot XEN.
360** The Commander X16.
361*** [[https://www.commanderx16.com/forum/index.php?/about-faq/ They even discussed the trope. "so when Perifractic proposed the always cool "X" be added to make "X16" it got the team's vote."]]
362** NEC PC-98NX.
363** Sinclair Platform/ZX81 and it's more successful cousin, the Platform/ZXSpectrum.
364** Platform/SharpX68000 and its predecessor X1.
365*** As well as former's operating system SX-Window XVI and the music file MDX.
366** [=AmigaOne=] X series.
367** The prototype Commodore 64DX.
368** Gateway's high end laptops: FX.
369** Huawei [=MateBook=] X
370** Alienware has the M1#X and the ALX series of computers.
371* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel Pixel]], which stands for '''pic'''ture '''el'''ements. Which one is kooler[[note]]and easier to spell[[/note]] : 1280x768 picel, or 1280x768 pi'''x'''el?
372** Works also as contraction of Pics Elements, Picsel - Pixel.
373* ESX stands for Elastic Sky, apparently. ([=VMware=] server virtualization product.) X might have stood for the Greek letter chi.
374* The Samsung Galaxy [=XCover=] series of Android smartphones.
375* Products that for some reason go from version "9" into version "X". Roman numerals + XtremeKoolLetterz = RuleOfCool.
376** Mac OS X. All previous versions were numbered using Arabic numbers.
377** Ditto for the iPhone X.
378*** Apple's DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment repeats the ten in the version number, so Snow Leopard is Mac OS X 10.6. Apple [[http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541?viewlocale=en_US insists that the X is pronounced "ten,"]] but usually inserts the word "version" between the two tens (eg. Mac OS X ''v'''10.6). The page just linked is an ironic exception.[[note]]As of version 10.11 (Sierra), the operating system is now known as macOS, for consistency with Apple's other systems (iOS, watchOS, tvOS). Up until this point, the operating system had been known simply as OS X.[[/note]]
379** The new version of [=QuickTime=] included with OS X Snow Leopard is so Xtreme that it skipped from version 7 to version X.
380** Paint Shop Pro, made by Jasc and then bought by Corel, originally used 1-8 for its version numbers. When Corel bought it, it went from 8 to IX. Then came X, then XI. As the switch happened with 9, not 10, one might be inclined to think this ''might'' not be a case of XtremeKoolLetterz... until the 12th version came out as "X2".
381** Partly from superstition about the number 13, and partly so they could have cool letter in its name, the thirteenth version of Wordperfect Office is called [=X3=]. (And who is this WP Office owned by? Do we see a pattern here?)
382** Adobe in early 2011, released their tenth version of their PDF reader. They also invoked this trope by calling it Adobe Reader X.
383*** Adobe then went on to release version eleven as Adobe Reader XI.
384* The [=X.500=] cryptography standards. Supposedly this is shorthand for Public Key Infrastructure, which is shortened to PKIX.
385* Starting in 2016, Creator/{{Sony}} replaced its Xperia Z-series of phones with the Xperia X-series.
386* Motorola's Moto X was the company's top-of-the-line smartphone from 2013 to 2016, when the failed Project Ara was salvaged into Motorola's new flagship model, the Moto Z. The Moto X line is still sold as a cheaper alternative to the Moto Z with similar hardware, albeit without the Moto Z's modular attachment system.
387* Digital Equipment Corporation had "X" in the names of several of its processor architectures and computer systems:
388** In April 1975, the company announced it was rebranding its aging PDP-15 product line of 18-bit computers as XVM. In this case, "XV" obviously stood for the Roman numeral.
389** Also in 1975, engineers at DEC began developing a new 32-bit processor architecture to extend its successful PDP-11 line upward. The project name, VAX, stood for "Virtual Address eXtension" (the PDP-11's 16-bit virtual addresses limited it to addressing 64 kilobytes of main memory at once). According to one of the VAX's designers, the presence of the letter X was one reason why DEC chose to adopt it as the actual product name.
390** VAX was eventually succeeded by the Alpha AXP family of 64-bit RISC microprocessors, the last new processor architecture developed by DEC. "AXP" didn't officially stand for anything, though some insiders joked that it was "Almost eXactly PRISM" (PRISM being the project name of an earlier, unreleased RISC processor).
391* Elon Musk thinks the letter X is extremely cool, and has incorporated it into several of his tech companies:
392** Banking company X.com, which later merged with a competitor to form [=PayPal=].
393** [=SpaceX=], short for UsefulNotes/SpaceExplorationTechnologiesCorporation.
394** Artificial intelligence company [=xAI=] in 2023.
395** Website/{{Twitter|X}} was rebranded as "X" in 2023 following Musk's acquisition. In an inversion, most people consider the name change ''less'' cool, instead being kind of cliché and generic. It throws out the worldwide brand recognition of "Twitter" and "tweets" in favor of something untrademarkable and easily confused with the many other things out there that are named "X".
396** He's also named his children X Æ A-12 and Exa Dark Sideræl.
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400* Various car manufacturers attach an X somewhere in their car names.
401** The hatchback versions of the Honda Civic have an X attached at the end. DX and RX are their most common models.
402** From 2006 to 2014, the Toyota Corolla's sporty trim was called XRS and its logo was a huge X with a small RS. After 2014, it's simply a big red S. ([[Manga/InitialD 2020 will see a revival of the old Corolla Levin name for the sporty trim]]).
403*** Toyota's Scion make (2003-2016) had the xA and xB as its signature models.
404** Mazda's line of sports cars sport an X such as the Miata (MX-5) and the RX-7 and RX-8.
405** Ford has an XLT version of its F-150 line of trucks.
406*** Not just the F-150... all of Ford's truck and van models (Maverick, Ranger, F-150, and Super Duty trucks; Transit Connect and Transit vans) have XL and XLT versions.
407*** And for years Ford had a compact car called a "[=ZX_"=], peaking in 2005-06 when ''every'' USDM Focus model had such a designation ([=ZX3=]-3 door hatchback, [=ZX5=]-5 door hatchback, [=ZX4=]-sedan, ZXW-wagon).
408** Acura's compact hot-hatch is the RSX. Its three SUV models are the MDX, the RDX, and the ZDX. Its new entry level sedan is the ILX. And of course its sports car is the NSX.
409*** The NSX is also a case of LetXBeTheUnknown.
410** Nissan's Fairlady Z 300ZX, and 180SX/240SX (depends on where do you live).
411** Subaru SVX, XV, XT, RX and of course the Impreza WRX.
412** Citroën used this trope a lot between [[TheSeventies the 70s]] and {{turn of the millennium}}. Nearly every one of their passenger cars had the letter X in their names. Honourable mention goes to the Citroën ZX.
413*** Their trim levels in [[TheNineties the 90s]] were called X, SX, VSX and Exclusive.
414*** And as if that [[ExaggeratedTrope wasn't enough]], many of these cars were fitted with an XU-series engine.
415** Vespa mostly uses this straight, but inverts it in the LX series; The series was launched in 60th anniversary of the (Italian) company, and LX is Roman numerals for 60.
416** The very first car produced by Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM is the X-bow, pronounced "crossbow".
417** Tesla's Model X, of course.
418* Julius Caesar's most trusted elite unit was the 10th legion, which in Latin had the full name ''Legio X Equestris''. His successor Augustus later created the ''Legio X Fretensis'' after Caesar's famous legion, making this trope OlderThanFeudalism. Both legions happened to become famous in history. The Equestris was one of the most important units in the conquest of Gaul. In the Year of Four Emperors, the commander of the Fretensis, which happened to fight a massive uprising in Judaea at the time, split his forces and put an end to the power struggle in Rome and became Emperor Vespasian, while at the same time his son Titus continued to fight the Jewish rebels. Titus led the still famous Siege of Masada and became the first son of an Emperor who succeeded his father to the throne. Later the legion was part of the army led by Trajan against the Persians, who also happened to become emperor.
419** Italian fascist government followed the Roman example by naming its elite naval commando unit X MAS (or 10th assault flotilla). They performed a number of daring missions against the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, especially using saboteur divers (including the mining of battleships Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, which left the British Mediterranean Fleet without a battleship for about a full year).
420* The U.S. military enjoys putting X in front of every eXperimental weapon name, along with the usual M. The [=XM16E, XM29, XM25, and XM8 are some recent examples (well not the XM16E)=].
421** All the experimental aircraft from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-1 Bell X-1]] (first supersonic aircraft) to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 Grumman X-29]] (forward-swept wings) -- assuming they didn't skip numbers or that there aren't any others. Also, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XB-70_Valkyrie XB-70 "Valkyrie" bomber]] as well as others.
422* Out of all the letters in the alphabet to choose for the default variable in anything, why does "x" have to be it?
423** [[http://www.livescience.com/15004-represents-unknown-quantity-variable.html (an unknown) thing -> šay' (arabic) -> xei (Spanish) -> x (abbreviated).]] [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife Now you know.]]
424* X-rays: Because "Röentgen rays" just doesn't have the right sound to it. (Reportedly, [[HerrDoktor Prof. Wilhelm Röntgen]] actually preferred the term "X" over his own name, despite the fact that he was was the one that discovered them.)
425* Tokyo X, a breed of pig that is known for its quality meat...or a Japanese rock band.
426* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybp_TcKA5c0 EX-F1]], an amateur-made rail gun.
427* The short lived XFL, a particularly good example in that unlike some of the others, the X didn't stand for eXtreme--it was just an X.
428* Malcolm Little, who became Malcolm X based on the practice of Nation of Islam converts rejecting their "slave names" and replacing their surnames with X until they earned a new name through a pilgrimage.
429* David X. Cohen, a writer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. When he joined the Writer's Guild, he found his birth name, David S. Cohen, had already been taken, and the Guild has a strict [[OneSteveLimit "No Duplicate Names"]] rule for various legal reasons, so he chose the middle initial X because it sounded sci-fi. If asked what X stands for, he'll often say it just stands for X.
430* Many people named Francis X., including the original Francis X. himself, St. Francis Xavier.
431* Planet X, the name of a hypothetical planet in the far outer solar system. Not only sounded cool, but had the "X the unknown" thing and would also have been the 10th planet, this being before the discovery of the Kuiper belt and that business with Pluto.[[note]]Actually, it's a bit more complicated than that. "Planet X" was meant to mean "unknown" initially, but would have been the ninth, rather than tenth, planet. When Pluto was found, they thought it was Planet X for years so the term basically disappeared. Then in 1978, they learned just how tiny Pluto was and realised that it couldn't have been Planet X. So Planet X came back, and was now the tenth planet. For about 15 years. In 1992, thanks to the Voyager 2 flyby, they learned that Neptune was a little lighter than initially thought, and so redid their calculations and realised they didn't need Planet X after all. In recent years, a theory that there may be a hypothetical ninth planet out there has resurfaced, but the Planet X name hasn't been resurrected for it, with this planet simply referred to as "Planet Nine" instead.[[/note]]
432* Dubai Airport is written as DXB in all shortened forms such as on plane tickets and on arrivals timings.
433** LAX, i.e. Los Angeles?
434** Also PDX, i.e. Portland, Oregon. This has become identified with the city; notably, the web address for Portland State University is pdx.edu.
435* Practically any time a word starting with "ex-" is shortened for an acronym, the letter X is used, instead of E. This has been particularly true for the word "extreme", which is so often shortened to "X-treme" that many usages don't need to explain themselves, such as the the X Games.
436* "Christmas" is often abbreviated as "Xmas" in writing, as the Greek letter Chi, which looks like X, is the first letter of Xristos (Χρἰστος), Greek for "Christ". The "Chi-Rho", which looks like an "XP" in the Latin alphabet and usually written one on top of the other, was an ancient symbol for Christ- "chi rho" ("ch" "r") being the two first Greek letters of the word "Christ".
437** And also, X for "Cross", such as [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ped_xing ped]] [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390199/june-21-2011/generic-republican-presidential-nominee xing]].
438* Exxon. It doesn't mean anything, it doesn't stand for anything[[note]]though it was a corruption of a prior name ''Esso'', which came from the letters S.O., for Standard Oil[[/note]], it was chosen because it was a) distinctive, b) not already trademarked, and c) sounded cool.
439* UsefulNotes/{{JAXA}}: the Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency. Sounds a lot better than JAEA, doesn't it? And it doesn't hurt that it rhymes with NASA.
440* On the stock market front, the Toronto Stock Exchange recently changed its initials from TSE to TSX for this simple reason.
441* A giant, 40-foot ''Pliosaurus'' found in Svalbard was nicknamed "Predator X" until its formal description was released.
442* A Norwegian 6-year-old forced his parents to deliver a letter he wrote to the King of Norway, asking for permission to change his name to Sonic X.
443* The name Robert X. Cringely, well-known in tech circles, was entirely made up by ''[=InfoWorld=]'' magazine to provide some continuity for one of their columns, which would otherwise have been attributed to a string of short-lived writers. However, one Mark Stephens picked up the column and gained much fame with the Cringely name in the '90s. ''[=InfoWorld=]'' fired Stephens in 1995 and still has other writers filling in as "Cringely", but let him use the name outside of competing magazines as a settlement.
444* Brazilian entrepreneur Eike Batista named all of his companies '**X' (EBX, MMX, OGX, MPX, LLX...), because he wanted to "multiply wealth". [[RichesToRags It eventually didn't work]], but his point was valid.
445* Axe Body Spray. They wanted a different name for its UK distribution, so they went with "Lynx," presumably by the time-honored method of "Are there any other short, manly-sounding words with X in them?"
446* Sometimes, expressway name abbreviations are written in this way. One example is in UsefulNotes/{{Baltimore}}, where Interstate 83 terminates as the "Jones Falls Expressway" (JFX).
447* [[http://www.arxiv.org ArXiv]], the preprint server. (Formerly xxx.lanl.gov, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AArXiv#XXX a joke to get the site blocked.]] After the total success the joke became a bit counterproductive.)
448* Six Flags Magic Mountain has a 4th Dimension roller coaster, formerly known as X. It was revamped in early 2008 and is now named X2.
449* Amazon's speech assistent, "Alexa" is probably an aversion, as the hard "X" should make it easy to recognize in verbal commands, not as much or so much cool. (Also an allusion to the library of Alexandria.)
450* Of all the countries in this very planet, only Luxembourg and Estados Unidos Mexicanos have the letter "x" in their names.
451** While the former's "x" is pronounced with a sound typical of many English language and French language "x" sounds, the latter has an "x" that sounds like the Spanish "j", which sounds like the English "h", in the non-Anglicized Spanish pronunciation. The original, non-Hispanicized form of the Nahuatl word, Mexihco, has the "x" pronounced like the English "sh" ''and'' is spelled with the letter "h".
452** The abbreviation of [[UsefulNotes/MexicoCity Ciudad de Mexico]], the national capital [[note]]Complete with a federal district nonetheless. Other countries that have a national capital with a federal district include the United States of America, with Washington, DC, and the Federative Republic of Brazil, with Brasília.[[/note]] of the latter nation, is [=CDMX=].
453** The original spelling of the Mexican state name, Jalisco, is Xalisco.
454** The USA state of Texas, originally part of same state along with Coahuila (which is still a Mexican state to this day) and Coahuila y Tejas, originally had the letter "x" in its name have the same sound as the Spanish "j," but has a typical English language "x" sound nowadays as the USA has English is its primary de facto language.[[note]] Neither the USA nor Mexico has official or de jure languages.[[/note]]
455** The Mexican states of Oaxaca and (Estado de) México have the letter "x" in their names pronounced the same as the non-Anglicized pronunciation of Mexico.
456** The USA state, and former Mexican state, of New Mexico [[note]]named after el Valle de México[[/note]] has the same pronunciation on the letter "x" as the Anglicized pronunciation of Mexico.
457** All twelve of the cities and towns in the USA called Mexico, with the largest and most prominent one being in Missouri, go by the Anglicized pronunciation of Mexico.
458** Xochimilco, the lake in Mexico City famous for its chinampas and trajineros, has an "x" sound sounding outright like an "s" sound.
459** The letter "x" is very prevalent in the Nahuatl language and the Maya language, both prominent languages in Mexico. In both languages, the letter "x" is typically pronounced with and "sh" sound.
460** OXXO, a chain of convenience stores very prevalent throughout Mexico, has a double "x" in its name and has an x sound like an "x" typical in the English language. The double "x,” the first "o," and the last "o," are supposed to symbolize a shopping cart.
461* ''The Book of Barely Imagined Beings'' by Caspar Henderson. Showcases one interesting critter apiece [[AlphabeticalThemeNaming from A to Z]]. Except ''two'' with X. Must be this trope. Or the author showing off. (Have you heard from Xenoglaux and Xenophyophore yet?)
462* The logo of the [[PowerFiveConferences Big 12 Conference]] in US college sports consists of a stylized Roman numeral "XII"... but the conference {{insist|entTerminology}}s on being referred to in print as "Big 12", not "Big Twelve" or (shudder) "Big XII".
463* In Lappeenranta, Finland, after receiving complaints by local residents, a transport company decided to change the "Z" route of its buses into "X", to avoid associations with the Russian invasion of Ukraine due to the Z letter being used in Russian propaganda.
464* [[https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Xoshi The fictional game Xoshi not only has a name that starts with an X, but the main character is also literally an X]].
465* The word "Thanks" is acronymed as "thx" in SMS, MMS, message boards, Internet forums etc.
466* There's a fjord in Iceland named "Fa''x''aflói".
467* Even the name of the trope XtremeKoolLetterz starts with an X, which why this very trope "x-ists".
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