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Is Stallman a new William Safire or Brian Garner? I never knew this was one of his areas of expertise. Oxford lists "doxx" as an alternate but accepted version
by dfc 11y ago
Is Stallman a new William Safire or Brian Garner? I never knew this was one of his areas of expertise. Oxford lists "doxx" as an alternate but accepted version. I don't have an OED license so I dont have access to the full etymology they use.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dox http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dox
- cakeface 11y agoThe OED does not have listings for "dox", "doxing" or "doxxing". Well, one entry for "dox" that relates to orthodoxy but that does not apply here.
- CiPHPerCoder 11y agoIt's simple: Dox is short for "docs". Shortening a 4-letter word to a 3-letter word is sensible (albeit lazy). Shortening a 4-letter word to a 4-letter word ("doxx") is stupid. I don't know why people spell it with two. Maybe they think it looks cooler? But really it's hacker slang for "I accessed and published sensitive information about an individual" and is in most cases horrible.
- na85 11y agoStallman has been irrelevant for years so I couldn't care less what he has to say on the subject, but tt very clearly comes from "documents -> docs -> dox" and should therefore have just 1 x.