dooced

      English

      Etymology 1

      deuce

      Adverb

      dooced (comparative more dooced, superlative most dooced)

      1. (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

      1. (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.

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