Verb describing when a television network buys a high-concept (science fiction, fantasy, or horror) TV series, lets it run long enough to attract fans, then cancels it, especially in such a way that the final episode of the show is a cliffhanger.

Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Lucifer were all awesome shows. Too bad they all got Foxed. Family Guy actually got Foxed *twice*, but survived.

Foxed by Hellzapoppin' June 9, 2018

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Foxed

A software project which has been forced to cease operations due to legal action.

The very first Foxed project was "Aliens Quake". 20th Century Fox forced users to stop distributing the software on the grounds that it infringed on their IP. Since the introduction of the DMCA many other proejcts have beeen Foxed including the DeCSS DVD cracking software.

See: "A Jail of Two Cities" interview of Dave "WhiteNoise" Wallin by Fragmaster@planetquake

Open-source advocates hope that the MONO project is not Foxed by Microsoft.

Foxed by Karl the Pagan March 10, 2004

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foxed-up

foxed-up -> facts are misrepresented or faked to support position, usually right winger politicos involved.

The POTUS position on taxes and guns was all foxed-up.

foxed-up by Soulful1 March 5, 2010

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