Concept creep is literally problematic. It’s what happens when words like “problematic” and “literally” expand far beyond their original definitions, eventually becoming so diffuse as to no longer hold any real meaning.

The latest victim of concept creep is “doxx”—a word being stripped of its meaning amid debate whether federal agents should be allowed to shield their identities through masks and other means

As a refresher, to doxx someone is, definitionally, “to publicly identify or publish private information about [them], especially as a form of punishment or revenge.” The word arose from ‘90s hacker culture, to describe the digital unmasking of someone otherwise........

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