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[–][deleted] 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

"X" is used in English commonly as a wildcard. "A playing card whose value can vary as determined by its holder."

So like instead of latina or latino, you've got latinx. 'course, that's not English but it's common among NA English speakers.

[–]fuck_reddit 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ironically, the "latino/latina" problem was created by wokesters... they insisted on using "latino/latina" since it is more "culturally sensitive" compared to "latin," but then they decided that "latino" was gendered (even tho, it isn't necessarily in Spanish).

[–]HelloMomo 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"X" is used in English commonly as a wildcard.

I don't think that's so much an English thing as it is borrowed from math. X is the default variable in mathematics.