This may be a military phrase,
but what does "5 X 5" mean when asked,
"How's everything going?"
by 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_by_five In voice procedure (the techniques used to facilitate spoken communication over two-way radios) a station may request a report on the quality and strength of signal they are broadcasting. In the military of the NATO countries, and other organizations, the signal quality is reported on two scales; the first is for signal strength, and the second for signal clarity. Both these scales range from one to five, where one is the worst and five is the best. The listening station reports these numbers separated with the word "by". Five by five therefore means a signal that has excellent strength and perfect clarity — the most understandable signal possible. Five by five by extension has come to mean "I understand you perfectly" in situations other than radio communication, the way Loud and Clear entered slang, post-WW2.
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I get the picture...
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1) A very good answer from mptaker. 2) In French we say "je vous reçois cinq sur cinq", which means: "I get you 5 out of 5". But in French, it is "5/5", not "5 x 5". This means 5 out of 5 on an intensity scale. "Cinq sur cinq is a radio term, the French equivalent of loud and clear." Source and further informaton: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=319388 3) "4. 5 x 5 A state of being, describes level of mood, used widely in chat rooms and online slang. 5 x 5 = not in a bad mood, and, not in the greatest mood. 5 x 5 = things are just fine, not to bad " "5 x 5 If you are "all square" with someone (as opposed to being just a square), or you are cool with that person, then you are 5 x 5. We talked through our differences, so now we are 5 x 5. " (here in the sense of a perfect communication) Source and further informaton: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=5+x+5
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