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The xx “safety bars” on either side of a word originated in the hardcore and emo scenes. They mimicked the X’s drawn on hands at all-ages straight-edge shows. By 2008, the X’s had become a purely aesthetic punctuation mark for anyone into metalcore, deathcore, or grindcore.

: The "xxgrindcorexx" handle reflects the heavy metal/grindcore musical influences and the "scene" fashion prevalent during that era. Internet Archiving Sierra-xxgrindcorexx-stickam