Metostopholes

DDOSing is taking down a website, specifically by taking over a lot of other people’s computers to all try to access the website at once until it gets overwhelmed.

Doxxing is different. It means finding someone’s personal information (documents > docs > dox), such as their home address and phone number, and releasing it publicly.

“Printed writing is very much design-led these days in adverts and Web sites, and people feel that hyphens mess up the look of a nice bit of typography,” he said. “The hyphen is seen as messy looking and old-fashioned.”

I see the dictionary editor they quoted is still fighting back.