To feel xeroxed is to feel vulnerable, to feel that you could be copied. Although the emotion is not new the name has come into being sometime in the sixties or seventies. Xerox the company made it’s name with the first photocopier in the world in 1959. In the sixties to nineties xerox was synonymous with photocopying and I presume that the emotion xeroxed came into being somewhere in this time. Feeling xeroxed is something that perhaps a lot of bloggers feel but I take minor precautions and trust that the world is basically good and wouldn’t do it.
So I don’t feel x-rayed – yes another synonym for vulnerable, violated with the added meaning of transparent. Nor do I feel xd out, unimportant. I could start to think that I was talking a foreign language and that is one thing that I don’t feel xenophobic. In fact I thing that blogging is a really good way of overcoming any fear of strangers or the unknown that one may have. Blogging we find that we are all much the same with the same needs and desires, the same hurts and feelings.
You might not always feel xmasy but the good feeling is often there and I know that I often feel xoxoed particularly when I write something that people relate to. They know how I felt or feel and the much appreciated hugs and kisses come in and I do feel xoxoed.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Clever post, Irene. Never thought of using xeroxed as a verb relating to a person!
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Thanks Noelle. As you can tell I was fairly desperate for an X.
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Reblogged this on Writing Out Loud and commented:
Irene well said.
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Thanks Bob.I feel xonerated for my x emotions with your reblog. Cheers Irene
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I love your word choice. I never thought about being xeroxed much but as a writer maybe I should. Like you I am trusting but should challenge that more. Thanks for a mind-expanding post, especially for bloggers and writers. I am visiting from the A to Z challenge.
Stephanie
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Hi Stephanie, Glad to have you drop by. I’d like to do a return visit but can’t find your webpage. Give me a link so I can drop by. The A – Z challenge has been good. Glad I’ve given you something to think about. Cheers Irene
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Hi Irene! You asked where my blog was to see my X post. It is here: http://stephanierosebirdstudio.blogspot.com
Stephanie
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Thanks.
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This made me smile. XOXO! 🙂
You are a creative and unique person– impossible for another to be a Xerox of you 😉
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Thank you Khai. I appreciate your comment and feel the XOXO. Cheers Irene
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This an eXcellent post for the letter X Irene, goodness, I’m so impressed with your writing!
I’m like you, I rely upon the goodness of others not to copy…what else can we do other than, as you say, take a few precautions? You know my feelings…sending plenty of xoxoxoxoxoxoxo to you my friend! Ready for a walk today? 🙂
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