Take the 2-minute tour ×  In informal chat conversations online,
I have seen Spanish speakers write the abbreviation "xq." What
does this stand for, and why?  share|improve this question I'd
suggest you not to use them, It's a bad habit and mostly used by
teenagers –  Luis Carlos Nov 26 '11 at 19:02 There is a
universal law that whenever you write against incorrect usage of
language, you will invariably make a usage faux pas of your own
for everybody to see. For instance some people would regard the
omission of a full stop/period at the end of a sentence to be a
bad habit. (-; –  hippietrail Nov 27 '11 at 10:42 I do it when I
am in a hurry, texting, lazy or feel comfortable enough with
someone to use it. If is something formal I would never use it
–  cayerdis May 22 '12 at 4:14  2 Answers 2  up vote 13 down
vote accepted  It essentially means porque  x is widely
recognized as the multiplication sign. To say it one says por.
x = Por  and q is the abbreviation of que. Being just a q there
are no words I can th