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Description
A double-struck (“formed in a blackboard bold typeface, in which certain lines of a character are doubled”) capital letter X. The upper left diagonal line is made up of two strokes, while the lower left diagonal is a single line that stops at the boundary of the double-struck stroke before continuing beyond it—creating an interruption of only white space within the double-struck line.
Etymology 1
Ultimately derived from x (“name for an unknown variable”), by analogy with other blackboard bold mathematical symbols; see blackboard bold § usage on WikipediaWikipedia .
Symbol
𝕏
- (mathematics) Used to denote an arbitrary metric space.
Etymology 2
From the logo of X, a bolded black 𝕏, adopted on 23 July 2023 to replace the previous logo of the stylised blue silhouette of a bird in flight;[1][2] compare 🐦.
Proper noun
𝕏
- (Internet slang, neologism) X (formerly Twitter): an online social networking service.
- Synonym: 🐦
- 2023 September 13, u/Fernmeldeamt, “2 Elektro Ingi's, 3 Meister, 5 Fachkräfte nach eine ganze wochenende umbau.”, in r/Elektroinstallation[4] (in German), Reddit:
- Worin liegt denn der Wert dieses Posts? Gehört wohl eher auf 𝕏, statt auf Reddit - und einen Diskurs regt der Post jetzt auch nicht an. "Fachkräftemangel" weil man die Plattform nicht verstanden hat.
- What is the value of this post? It probably belongs on 𝕏 rather than on Reddit - and the post doesn't stimulate any discourse. "Skilled labor shortage" because people didn't understand the platform.
- 2023 December 12, u/crumblingheart, “With friends like these: Tucker Carlson ditching Xitter to launch his own streaming service”, in r/EnoughMuskSpam[5] (in English), Reddit:
- But what about those billions of views he got on 𝕏? Is he really going to walk away and leave that all behind?
- 2024 June 25, u/Phantom_Zac, “Make onchain transactions without leaving 𝕏”, in r/Phantom[6] (in English), Reddit:
- With Blinks, powered by Solana Actions, you can now make onchain transactions such as swapping, staking, minting, voting, and more right from 𝕏 using your Phantom wallet 👻
References
- ^ “Twitter changes logo to 'X', replacing blue bird symbol.”, in Al Jazeera[1], 2023 July 23
- ^ Louis Ashworth (2023 July 24) “The logo of X, formerly Twitter, wasn't actually stolen”, in Financial Times[2]