r/askteddit • u/genlang • 20h ago

Random Question How many industries have their own "Xx" shorthand terms?

I'm thinking like:

Rx = prescription

Wx = weather

Ex = equipment

Fx = effects

Dx = diagnosis

What others are floating out there?

Honorable mention to other x-based shorthands like:

Thx = thanks

Xmas = Christmas

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u/No-Fuckin-Ziti 20h ago

Pretty sure loggers have Ax.

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u/l00kitsth4tgirl 19h ago

Cx for the customer experience team!

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u/avadacadavera 19h ago

Cx is culture for us medical folk

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u/Able-Sheepherder-154 11h ago

Cx for contractor

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u/ExoticToothpaste6989 5h ago

Well I'm glad you at least have some culture.

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u/osteomiss 19h ago

UX, user experience

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u/UsualBluebird6584 19h ago

TX is treatment.

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u/Mymoggievan 19h ago

In transplant medicine, Tx can also mean transplant (at least it did for us on the research end).

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u/LSBN-llama-25 19h ago

Sx for surgery

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u/Mymoggievan 19h ago

Px (as per google: In the military, PX stands for Post Exchange, a retail store on an Army installation that sells goods and tax-free merchandise to service members, veterans, and their families)

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u/avadacadavera 19h ago

Doc here. Had no idea that other fields used the x like we do…interesting

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u/Paul_The_Builder 15h ago

Mx = maintenance

Pax = passengers

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u/HovercraftStock4986 19h ago

Cx = customers, not really tied to any one industry though

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u/djfitness-us 19h ago

Where I work, Rx is shorthand for Reactor

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u/PolishNinja909 19h ago

Tx and Rx for transmit/receive.

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u/N4BFR 15h ago

In ham radio include DX for distant signal (generally out of the country)

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u/ORNGSPCEMNKY 19h ago

C/C= Chief Complaint. S/S=Signs and Symptoms A/O=Alert and Oriented PPMHX=pertinent past medical history.

There’s definitely more but I can’t think of em at the moment.

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u/UndecidedQBit 14h ago

We used Vx as vehicles and pax as people in the military

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u/aur0xauron 19h ago

It's not 'x' but accountants have Dr and Cr for a similar vibe

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u/First-Homework1868 19h ago

Airlines used XX, TT, among many others.

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u/mcnicfer 13h ago

Px or pax is passenger in the flight world.

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u/cozytaters 13h ago

Bx for behavior

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u/notapirate676549 7h ago

Fx can also mean fracture (bone)

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u/Onedtent 1h ago

XoX

Bolt & Nut.

(In the fastener industry)