diss

Everyday

1. (slang) To diss someone means to show them disrespect, by insulting them or saying unkind things about them. tree →
2. (slang, noun) A diss is an insult, especially in a rap song (a diss track). tree →

In the lessons

In everyday talk among teenagers it means being rude or unkind: «Don't diss my football team». It comes from hip hop slang in the USA in the 1980s and is a clipped form of «disrespect». In lessons about kindness online, dissing people is a form of being mean. Phrases: «diss someone», «a diss track».

Examples

• Don't diss my trainers, they're new! tree →
• He dissed the other team after the match. tree →
• That rapper released a diss track about his rival. tree →
• Stop dissing your little brother. tree →
• She felt dissed when nobody said hello. tree →
• Was that a diss or a joke? tree →
• It's not cool to diss people online. tree →

Note

Slang, informal; do not use in a school essay. Also spelled «dis». Double s in the past form: dissed, dissing. Short for «disrespect». Not related to the prefix «dis-» in words like «disagree», though it comes from the same part of «disrespect».