That word (I just checked) is in Merriam Webster with just that definition, so it has one mainstream.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dis However, I as a rule, dont use words that originated from "da street" within recent memory, as this word has. I'm sure I use many words that started in "da hood" many generations ago and we'd never know it. I am old enough to recall that using the word "groovy" was exclusively the purview of young hippies (or wannabees/admirers), and would offend or at least alienate the "squares" nearby! I now use it sometimes. I think that "dis" is still in that emergent twilight of a new word coming from the streets, now making mainstream. That said, I dont use it. So, I must have become a square like my parents. (And Richard Nixon!) > To: krnet at list.krnet.org > Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:21:40 -0400 > Subject: Re: KR> Dissing > From: krnet at list.krnet.org > CC: deej at deej.net > > On 10/16/2015 01:09 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet wrote: > > I think right this moment I'm responding to the use of a street word. > > I apologize, and meant no offense. It is a commonly used word around > here, and not intended to be vulgar at all. Essentially, "dissing" is > synonymous with "criticism". > > To "dis" someone means to express criticism towards them. > > -Dj > > -- > Dj Merrill - N1JOV - EAA Chapter 87 > Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 N421DJ - http://deej.net/sportsman/ > Glastar Flyer N866RH - http://deej.net/glastar/ > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
