dox
nounEtymology Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents.
1
Slang Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
- Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox?1995, J Eric Chard, “Will Vinton's Playmation”, in comp.graphics.animation (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...2002, X, “this is getting old”, in houston.general (Usenet):
1 more example
- judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS^([sic]) PULL HIS DOX!2004, Andrew D Kirch, “Here is something that will work for the rest of us”, in news.admin.net-abuse.email (Usenet):