What Does 'Doxxing' Mean?

[ ONLINE IDENTITY ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: Web IdentityCLUSTER: Anonymity and Exposure

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.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That thread got shut down immediately after someone tried doxxing a user."

LORE & 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 POPULARITY

2026 (Web Identity Canon)

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:Catfish Alt Account / Alt

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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DOCUMENTED SINCE

1997

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