dox
English
Alternative forms
- doxx
Etymology
Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents.
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒks
Noun
dox pl (plural only)
- (slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
- 1995, "J Eric Chard", Will Vinton's Playmation (on newsgroup comp.graphics.animation)
- Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox?
- 2002, "X", this is getting old (on newsgroup houston.general)
- its ok, someone emailed me his address, phone #, ss#, the works. seems theres[sic] someone out there that dislikes him more than i do. i cant wait to hear how many people have his dox now. this should be really interesting...
- 2004, "Andrew D Kirch", Here is something that will work for the rest of us (on newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email)
- judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS[sic] PULL HIS DOX!
- 1995, "J Eric Chard", Will Vinton's Playmation (on newsgroup comp.graphics.animation)
Verb
dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)
- Alternative form of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) on the Internet”)
See also
- hax
- vax
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂s- (compare Old Irish donn (“dark”), Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doks/
Adjective
dox
- dark, swarthy
Declension
Declension of dox — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dox | dox | dox |
| Accusative | doxne | doxe | dox |
| Genitive | doxes | doxre | doxes |
| Dative | doxum | doxre | doxum |
| Instrumental | doxe | doxre | doxe |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | doxe | doxa, doxe | dox |
| Accusative | doxe | doxa, doxe | dox |
| Genitive | doxra | doxra | doxra |
| Dative | doxum | doxum | doxum |
| Instrumental | doxum | doxum | doxum |
Declension of dox — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | doxa | doxe | doxe |
| Accusative | doxan | doxan | doxe |
| Genitive | doxan | doxan | doxan |
| Dative | doxan | doxan | doxan |
| Instrumental | doxan | doxan | doxan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | doxan | doxan | doxan |
| Accusative | doxan | doxan | doxan |
| Genitive | doxra, doxena | doxra, doxena | doxra, doxena |
| Dative | doxum | doxum | doxum |
| Instrumental | doxum | doxum | doxum |
Descendants
- Middle English: dosk
- English: dusk
Wolof
Verb
dox
- to walk
References
- Jean-Léopold Diouf (2003) Dictionnaire wolof-français et français-wolof, Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 110