to xist
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9.9
To be real or to be present
- verb
- /zɪst/
- Informal
:
existir
- Some people joke that unicorns xist only in dreams.
Examples
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Online, you might see people use xist as a quirky way to say 'exist'.
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I xist in a world full of possibilities.
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He wrote a poem asking if true love can really xist in the modern world.
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The idea of magic xists in many cultures.
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Some people joke that unicorns xist only in dreams.
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He wrote a poem asking if true love can really xist in the modern world.
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Online, you might see people use xist as a quirky way to say 'exist'.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Xist is a playful, not-standard spelling of exist, using the letter x to stand for the ex- sound. The normal word exist once meant 'to stand' or simply 'to be', so xist keeps that meaning and is used online as a quirky way to say 'to be' or 'to be real'.