# dox
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Bussa terms

## English
### Alternative forms

* doxx

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒks

### Noun

dox
* (slang) plural of doc

### Noun

dox pl (plural only)
* (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 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 PULL HIS DOX!

### Verb

dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)
* Alternative spelling of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) without their consent”)
** 2025 March 18, Michael Gauthier, “Tesla Owners’ Personal Info Leaked On DOGEQuest Site, Musk Calls It Domestic Terrorism”, in Carscoops‎:According to reports, a doxing site has been launched with names and addresses of Tesla owners.

#### See also

* hax
* vax

## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* do, dà

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dulcem.

### Adjective

dox (feminine doce, masculine plural dox, feminine plural doces) (ORB, broad)
* sweet
* 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: /doks/

### Adjective

dox
* dark, swarthy

#### Derived terms

* doxian

#### Descendants

* Middle English: dosk
** English: dusk

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* doxx

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɔks/
* Rhymes: -ɔks
* Hyphenation: dox

### Noun

dox m (plural doxes)
* (Brazil, Internet slang) dox (documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual)
** 2011 October 31, Fabio Jordão, “DOX, a nova brincadeira maligna dos hackers”, in TecMundo‎, São Paulo: NZN, archived from the original on 2011-11-02: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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2019 August, “Ação!” (chapter 7), in Coletivo Planètes, transl., Formando um grupo de afinidade antifa: um manual‎, Brazil, translation of Forming An Antifa Group by It's Going Down, archived from the original on 2024-08-22, 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”, in Rôney Rodrigues, transl., Agência 5 – Jornal Floripa‎, Florianópolis, translation of las milicias digitales de la ultraderecha by crisis, archived from the original on 2025-01-23:A ativista também costuma encomendar doxes deles.[original: La activista también suele encargarles doxeos.](please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* doxar

## Wolof
### Verb

dox
* to walk

### References

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