Guardian and Observer style guide: X

‘I am a cliche you’ve seen before, I am a cliche that lives next door. I am a cliche you know what I mean, I am a cliche, pink is obscene.’ X-Ray Spex

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Thu 3 Sep 2015 08.18 EDT

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X - style guide illustration
Illustration: Jakob Hinrichs

Xbox

xenophobe, xenophobia, xenophobic

Xerox
TM; say photocopy

XFM
network of three radio stations: XFM London, XFM Manchester, and XFM Scotland

Xhosa
South African ethnic group and language

Xi’an
city in China where the Terracotta Warriors are located

Xmas
Christmas is preferable unless you are writing a headline, up against a deadline, and desperate (or quoting Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody)

X-ray

xSPONGEXCOREx
SpongeBob-themed hardcore metal band

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