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dooced - What does it mean?

Definition of 'dooced'

English

Etymology 1

deuce

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • (dated|dialect) Deuced.
  • * 1864 , Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
  • Should have liked to belong to that set, only they drank so dooced hard.
  • * 1878 , John Byrne Leicester Warren, Salvia Richmond
  • "Dooced good fishing in Blankshire," threw in Charlie Mayne.

    Etymology 2

    Coined in 2002 from the pseudonym of American blogger Heather Armstrong.

    Verb

    dooced
  • (internet slang) Dismissed from one's job as a result of one's actions on the Internet.
  • * 2007 , Erik Ringmar, A Blogger's Manifesto
  • Bill Poon in California got dooced from a burger joint when he posted a picture of his boss on MySpace.
  • * 2007 , Laurie J Mullins, Management and Organisational Behaviour
  • Careless blogging can get you dooced .