diss








Trademark.

  1. the Disney Channel: a cable television channel.

verb

  1. slang, mainly US to treat (someone) with contempt

verb

  1. a variant spelling of diss

noun

  1. Also called: Orcus, Pluto the Roman god of the underworld
  2. the abode of the dead; underworld
v.

also diss, slang, by 1980, shortening of disrespect or dismiss, originally in U.S. Black English, popularized by hip hop. Related: Dissed; dissing. Earlier it was short for disconnected in the telephone sense and used figuratively in slang to mean “weak in the head” (1925).

Roman underworld god, from Latin Dis, contracted from dives “rich,” which is related to divus “divine, god,” hence “favored by god.” Cf. Pluto and Old Church Slavonic bogatu “rich,” from bogu “god.”

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