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Can we quit saying the word doxing? It sounds idiotic. How about the proper English word of "exposing" instead? Or is that too much to ask now that Internet tal
by res0nat0r 13y ago
Can we quit saying the word doxing? It sounds idiotic. How about the proper English word of "exposing" instead? Or is that too much to ask now that Internet talk is mainstream and therefore we have to use incorrect grammar?
- saraid216 13y agoHow about you fix your username's spelling?
- jewbacca 13y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription
- lifeformed 13y agolanguage is whatever people want it to be
- ballard 13y agoCall it what you like and I'll call it what I like. This is Hacker News after all. As such, there's an implied value of individual expression, if not anarchy, associated.