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    X Is For What Now?: A Historical Inquiry You Probably Never Considered

    You know this game: A is for Apple, B is for Banana, X is usually for Xylophone or X-ray. But as it turns out, these X words were coined in the nineteenth century. So what did people use to represent X before then?

    First, a bit of background:

    X-ray: 1895

    Xylophone: 1860s

    Prepare yourself. Here's a sampling of what they used before 1860:

    X is for...yeah, got nothing.

    X is for Xerxes

    X is for Xacca-cockatoo

    X is for Xebec