dox

See also: Dox

Translingual

Symbol

dox

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bussa.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bussa terms

English

Alternative forms

• doxx

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.

Proto-Italic *dokeō

Latin doceō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-məntom

Latin -mentum

Latin documentumlbor.

Middle French documentbor.

English document

English docs

English dox

Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒks

Noun

dox

1. (slang) plural of doc

Noun

dox pl (plural only)

1. (slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
   • 1995, J Eric Chard, “Will Vinton's Playmation”, in comp.graphics.animation (Usenet):

     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”, in houston.general (Usenet):

     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”, in news.admin.net-abuse.email (Usenet):

     judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS^[sic] PULL HIS DOX!

Verb

dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)

1. Alternative spelling of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) without their consent”).
   • 2024 November 11, Brian Niemietz, “Nick Fuentes doxxed following ‘your body, my choice’ comments: report”, in New York Daily News‎^[1]:

     “Nick Fuentes has been fully doxed and it’s being shared to millions of women across every social media platform,” an account associated with the hacker collective Anonymous posted over the weekend.

   • 2025 March 18, Michael Gauthier, “Tesla Owners’ Personal Info Leaked On DOGEQuest Site, Musk Calls It Domestic Terrorism”, in Carscoops‎^[2]:

     According to reports, a doxing site has been launched with names and addresses of Tesla owners.

   • 2025 September 5, Jaclyn Diaz, “What ICE agents can and cannot legally do during arrests”, in NPR‎^[3]:

     But acting director of ICE, Todd Lyons, has said it's a necessary response to what he describes as efforts to dox and threaten these agents and their families. ICE has said there has been a dramatic increase in the doxing of agents but has not said how many cases there have been or provided any details. The agency has not provided any information to support their assertion of an increase in agent doxxing.

See also

• hax
• vax

Ahtna

Stem

dox

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Semelfactive	dogh (amorphous moves)	dogh (amorphous moves)	dogh (amorphous moves)	dogh (amorphous moves)
Momentaneous			dogh (amorphous moves)
Reversitative	dogh (amorphous moves)		dogh (amorphous moves)	dogh (amorphous moves)
Customary	dogh (amorphous moves)	dogh (amorphous moves)	dogh (amorphous moves)	dogh (amorphous moves)

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• do, dà

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dulcem.

Adjective

dox (feminine doce, masculine plural dox, feminine plural doces) (ORB, broad)

1. sweet
2. soft

   Antonym: dur

Derived terms

• adocir
• docement
• docior

References

• doux in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• dox in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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

1. 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

Derived terms

• doxian

Descendants

• Middle English: dosk
  • English: dusk

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• doxx

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.

Proto-Italic *dokeō

Latin doceō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-məntom

Latin -mentum

Latin documentumlbor.

Middle French documentbor.

English document

English docs

English doxbor.

Portuguese dox

Borrowed from English dox. First attested in the 2010s.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔks/

• Rhymes: -ɔks
• Hyphenation: dox

Noun

dox m (plural doxes)

1. (Brazil, Internet slang) dox; doxxing (the act of publishing personal information)
   • 2011 October 31, Fabio Jordão, “DOX, a nova brincadeira maligna dos hackers [DOX, the hacker's new evil play]”, in TecMundo‎^[4], São Paulo: NZN, archived from the original on 2 November 2011:

     A prática do dox não é exatamente um tipo de ataque hacker, mas sim a liberação de informações pessoais que o criminoso obteve durante uma invasão. Quando uma pessoa realiza um dox, ela pode divulgar nome completo, endereço, telefones, documentos, números de cartões de créditos, senhas e muitos outros detalhes sobre a vítima.

     The doxxing practice isn't exactly a type of hacker attack, but the publishing of personal information that the criminal gathered during an invasion. When one carries out a doxxing, they can disclose the full name, adress, phone numbers, credit cards numbers, passwords and many other details about the victim.

   • 2019 August, “Ação!” (chapter 7), in Coletivo Planètes, transl., Formando um grupo de afinidade antifa: um manual‎^[5], Brazil, translation of Forming An Antifa Group by It's Going Down, archived from the original on 22 August 2024, page 22:

     Acompanhe o doxx com uma campanha de pressão: ligue para o trabalho do racista e tente fazer com que ele seja demitido, e informe os vizinhos através de campanhas de panfleto ou porta-a-porta.

     [original: Follow up the doxx with a pressure campaign: call their work and try to get them fired, and inform their neighbors through flyering or door-to-door campaigns.]

   • 2024 August 17, “A tática brutal das novas milícias digitais [The brutal tactic of new digital militias]”, in Rôney Rodrigues, transl., Agência 5 – Jornal Floripa‎^[6], Florianópolis, translation of las milicias digitales de la ultraderecha by crisis, archived from the original on 23 January 2025:

     A ativista também costuma encomendar doxes deles.

     [original: La activista también suele encargarles doxeos.]

     The activist also usually orders doxxings from them.

Derived terms

• doxar

Wolof

Verb

dox

1. to walk

References

• Jean-Léopold Diouf (2003), Dictionnaire wolof-français et français-wolof, Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 110