Doxxing Meaning?
7.0BRAINROT SCOREDoxxing Publicly revealing someone's private personal information — real name, home address, workplace, phone number — usually without consent and often to enable harassment, sometimes spelled "doxing" with a single X.
Origin:The term comes from "dropping docs" in 1990s hacker culture, spelled either "doxing" or "doxxing," becoming standard vocabulary across forums and social platforms by the 2000s-2010s for this specific, serious form of online harm.
First Seen:1997
Peak Era:2026 (Web Identity Canon)
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Reporting a Doxxing Attempt to Protect Someone) / -3 Aura (Actually Doxxing Someone)
EXAMPLE USAGE
"That thread got shut down immediately after someone tried doxxing a user."
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