Street voices
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United States
"Doxxing. Meaning to reveal someone's private information on the internet. Oh my god, dude, I'm fucking freaking out, I'm scared, man. What happened? Some fucking asshole on Twitter doxxed me, dude! Now everyone knows where I live!"
What it means
Doxxing means dumping someone's private information online without their consent, usually to scare, expose, or unleash a mob on them. It comes from docs, as in documents, warped into internet menace. You hear it loads in online fights, streamer drama, and harassment stories. Rotten behaviour, honestly, but the word itself is now proper common in everyday internet chat.
Usage examples
"Mate, I pissed off some lunatic in the replies and now he is doxxing me. He posted my address and my phone is going absolutely mental."
"After the argument went viral, trolls started doxxing the streamer, posting her home address until she had to take a long break offline."
Where it comes from
Shortened from dropping docs, old hacker slang for posting someone's documents and private details. The clipped dox turned into the name for exposing a person online to set a crowd on them.
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