Dow vs Dox - What's the difference?
dow | dox |
(obsolete) To be worth.
(obsolete) To be of use, have value.
To have the strength for, to be able to.
To thrive, prosper.
(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 )
* 2002 , "X", this is getting old'' (on newsgroup ''houston.general )
* 2004 , "Andrew D Kirch", Here is something that will work for the rest of us'' (on newsgroup ''news.admin.net-abuse.email )
(slang) To publish the personal information of (an individual) on the Internet.
As a proper noun dow
is .As a noun dox is
(slang) documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc).As a verb dox is
(slang|transitive) to publish the personal information of (an individual) on the internet.dow
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) dugan'', from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch ''deugen'', German ''taugen'', Swedish ''duga .Verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) douer'', from (etyl) ''dotare .Etymology 3
Anagrams
* ----dox
English
Noun
(en-plural noun)- Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox ?
- 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...
- judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS(SIC) PULL HIS DOX !