dooced

dooced

English

Etymology 1

deuce

Adverb

dooced (comparative more dooced, superlative most dooced)

1. (dated, dialectal) Deuced.
   • 1864, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round

     Should have liked to belong to that set, only they drank so dooced hard.

   • 1878, John Byrne Leicester Warren, Salvia Richmond

     "Dooced good fishing in Blankshire," threw in Charlie Mayne.

Etymology 2

Coined in 2002 from the pseudonym of American blogger Heather Armstrong.

Verb

dooced

1. (Internet slang) Dismissed from one's job as a result of one's actions on the Internet.
   • 2007, Erik Ringmar, A Blogger's Manifesto

     Bill Poon in California got dooced from a burger joint when he posted a picture of his boss on MySpace.

   • 2007, Laurie J Mullins, Management and Organisational Behaviour

     Careless blogging can get you dooced.