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Doomed vs Dooced - What's the difference?

doomed | dooced |

As verbs the difference between doomed and dooced

is that doomed is (doom) while dooced is (internet slang) dismissed from one's job as a result of one's actions on the internet.

As an adjective doomed

is certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.

As an adverb dooced is

(dated|dialect) deuced.

doomed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.

    • Synonyms

    * cursed

    Antonyms

    * blessed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (doom)

    • dooced

    English

    Etymology 1

    deuce

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (dated, dialect) 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
  • (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 .