"Goxxed" is a terrible word

[freedombit]

What does everyone here think about dropping the term, "Goxxed," and start using the term, "fractionalized" or even "banked"?

After all, fractionalizing has been around long before bitcoin and MtGox.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

What does everyone here think about dropping the term, "Goxxed," and start using the term, "fractionalized" or even "banked"?

After all, fractionalizing has been around long before bitcoin and MtGox.

Because Mt Gox was not named Mt Fractionalize or Mt Bank.

[Bit_Happy]

Gox was/is a huge part of the early years.
Goxed is probably the more common spelling.
The word isn't terrible........the damage was.

[numismatist]

What does everyone here think about dropping the term, "Goxxed," and start using the term, "fractionalized" or even "banked"?

After all, fractionalizing has been around long before bitcoin and MtGox.

It is a unique process, so ripe for an uniquely new word.

Besides, you are of course right about banks. Nothing to add there.

[hellscabane]

I disagree, "goxxed" is a pretty awesome word. It has the right amount of glottal "pungency" that allows it to carry the implied negative connotation that is embedded in the word.

[On a side note, I chuckle a little each time I hear it because I've been hearing that word for a while (with a completely different meaning) in the semiconductor industry.]

[Nagle]

What does everyone here think about dropping the term, "Goxxed," and start using the term, "fractionalized" or even "banked"?

Gox was never a bank, even a fake one. They didn't lend or invest money. They just stole it.

[Dalmar]

Goxed = scamming nerds in a technologically sophisticated way. Etymology: 2010s from Mt.Gox, a former Magic The Gathering cards exchange turned into the world's biggest bitcoin exchange and subsequently pulling off the biggest online heist in the history of the internet.

 

[BitOnyx]

I think Goxxed is proper term. Everyone in community knows what it means.

[Operatr]

I think Mt.Gox's name being used to describe "being screwed due to incompetence or fraud" is a fitting end to this sad joke of an exchange.

[campycoin]

I also like calling a scammer a Karpeles...

anybody?  anybody?

[hilariousandco]

I also like calling a scammer a Karpeles...

anybody?  anybody?

And once you've been scammed by a Karpeles that's known as being 'Frappuchionoed'. 

[dreamspark]

goxxed has its own entry in the urban dictionary which I think is very apt.

[zetaray]

Goxxed is a perfect word to describe what happened. Using well known nouns as verbs is a common phenomenon. Google it. 

[franky1]

saying "you been scammed" is not very descriptive.

but saying "you been goxxed" is excellent. because just those 3 words gives people knowledge that
1) a person was scammed out of funds
2) the scam happened in december 2013
3) the scam involved the exchange MT.Gox
4) the perpetrator was mark karpales
5) the perp' got away with atleast 740k btc

and soo on.

so i love the term as 3 words can open up so much information, where words such as:

"fractionalized" or even "banked"

do not even do the event justice

[Predatorian]

saying "you been scammed" is not very descriptive.

but saying "you been goxxed" is excellent. because just those 3 words gives people knowledge that
1) a person was scammed out of funds
2) the scam happened in december 2013
3) the scam involved the exchange MT.Gox
4) the perpetrator was mark karpales
5) the perp' got away with atleast 740k btc

and soo on.

so i love the term as 3 words can open up so much information, where words such as:

"fractionalized" or even "banked"

do not even do the event justice

This, totally agree with u, it's a great world to describe that.

[hilariousandco]

saying "you been scammed" is not very descriptive.

but saying "you been goxxed" is excellent. because just those 3 words gives people knowledge that
1) a person was scammed out of funds
2) the scam happened in december 2013
3) the scam involved the exchange MT.Gox
4) the perpetrator was mark karpales
5) the perp' got away with atleast 740k btc

and soo on.

so i love the term as 3 words can open up so much information, where words such as:

"fractionalized" or even "banked"

do not even do the event justice

You don't even need three words, just the one, but I think goxxed will become known for many different things - being scammed, shoddy service, exchanges holding funds for ages etc.

[campycoin]

I also like calling a scammer a Karpeles...

anybody?  anybody?

And once you've been scammed by a Karpeles that's known as being 'Frappuchionoed'. 

Gets creepy when people start to see you "Around" and then start to make fun of you and then are named 'hailariousandco'  

Should be fuckinghilariousandco

[Dalmar]

saying "you been scammed" is not very descriptive.

but saying "you been goxxed" is excellent. because just those 3 words gives people knowledge that
1) a person was scammed out of funds
2) the scam happened in december 2013
3) the scam involved the exchange MT.Gox
4) the perpetrator was mark karpales
5) the perp' got away with atleast 740k btc

and soo on.

so i love the term as 3 words can open up so much information, where words such as:

"fractionalized" or even "banked"

do not even do the event justice

Getting 'goxed' should become the de facto word describing getting scammed by crypto-currency businesses. It will go down in history and as a reminder how amateurish bitcoin was in the early days.

[pandher]

I also like calling a scammer a Karpeles...

anybody?  anybody?

And once you've been scammed by a Karpeles that's known as being 'Frappuchionoed'. 

+1, karpeles is the official name of scammers from now on.

[campycoin]

+1, karpeles is the official name of scammers from now on.

karped ?

I love it

Karped if by one
 Goxed if by many