different between rox vs dox

English

Pronunciation

Verb

rox

1. (slang, informal) Alternative spelling of rocks (“in sense of excelling, being great”)

Antonyms

• sux

Anagrams

• -xor, XOR, xor

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin russus.

Adjective

rox m (feminine singular rossi or rossa, masculine plural rox, feminine plural rosses)

1. red

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?o??/
• Tone numbers: ro⁴
• Hyphenation: rox

Etymology 1

Compare Lao ??? (l??); Thai ???? (r???).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Conjunction

rox (old orthography ro?)

1. or

Derived terms

• roxnaeuz

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *r??w? (“to know”). Cognate with Thai ??? (rúu), Northern Thai ???, Isan ???, Lao ??? (h?), Lü ??? (huu²), Tai Dam ???, Shan ??? (h??u), Ahom ???????? (ruu) or ???????????????? (ruw), Saek ??.

Verb

rox (old orthography ro?)

1. to know

Derived terms

See also

• caek
• gyaek
• sux

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