different between dox vs pox

English

Alternative forms

• doxx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

dox pl (plural only)

1. (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)

     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 (on newsgroup houston.general)

     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...

   • 2004, "Andrew D Kirch", Here is something that will work for the rest of us (on newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email)

     judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS^[sic] PULL HIS DOX!

Verb

dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)

1. Alternative form of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) on the Internet”)

See also

• hax
• vax

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?s- (compare Old Irish donn (“dark”), Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit ???? (dh?sara, “dust-colored”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“smoke, mist, haze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doks/

Adjective

dox

1. dark, swarthy

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: dosk
  • English: dusk

English

Etymology

From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks
• Homophone: pocks

Noun

pox (countable and uncountable, plural poxes)

1. A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
2. Syphilis.
3. (figuratively) A curse.
   • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act IV, scene 3

     A pox on him, he's a cat still.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pox (third-person singular simple present poxes, present participle poxing, simple past and past participle poxed)

1. (transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bok (“dirt, dung”). Cognate with Turkish bok, Chuvash ??? (p?h) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?/

Noun

pox (definite accusative poxu, plural poxlar)

1. shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel)

Declension

Derived terms

• için? pox qoymaq (“to ruin”)
• poxu ç?xmaq (“to go to hell, be ruined”)
• poxa dü?m?k (“to get in trouble”) (intransitive)
• poxa salmaq (“to get in trouble”) (transitive)
• pox yem?k (“to crap up, make a big mistake”)
• pox yer? qoymamaq (“to despise, disrespect”)

See also

• s?çmaq (“to shit”)

Coatlán Mixe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?/

Noun

pox

1. guava