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diss - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun Arundo tenax , a reedy grass, the fibers of which are used for making cordage.noun dissertation .
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb US, UK, slang To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour .noun slang An insult or put-down ; an expression of disrespect .abbreviation dissertation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb
Etymologies
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Originated in w:Jamaican Vernacular English or w:African American Vernacular English, probably originally short for disrespect or disparage .
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I'm nearing the end of it though - some comments I can't deal with until after my advisor actually get to talk about them, but that won't happen until after the diss is with the committee.
Archive 2006-08-01 ScienceWoman 2006
George W. Bush: Got a huge diss from the French before and during Iraq War
Shelley Lewis: Foundering President Honors Founding President 2008
I'll write something significant, meaningful, a book in diss clothing.
Dissertation Thought-of-the-Day 2006
Yesterday my advisor called S in the morning to check in (he's on family vacation until the diss is due).
Archive 2006-09-01 ScienceWoman 2006
As you all now I voz raised in diss country from de age of seven years an obtained a Phd, that said I still spik inglish as a second langvage, so no I do not appreciate being asked about de simspons in promotion boards or having to excuse myself ven all my vite non musslim colleagues go ‘on de piss’, it is a dat point dat ven intoxication take over de true fillings of racist comes out - oh yes indeedy.
Update on Woffle « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
Or will we simply use blogs, Facebook, and Twitter to compete in a name-calling diss -fest?
Jehmu Greene: Everything Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley Needed to Know, I Learned at a Montessori School 2009
Our process is much like you describe, the only person who has seen my diss is my advisor.
Done 2006
If my diss . is in my manuscript format and coauthors are acknowledged at the front of each chapter, do I have to change "we" to "I?"
Archive 2006-08-01 ScienceWoman 2006
If I read the quote correctly, it sounds as if the diss was aimed at blogs – not Jeff.
But you won’t hear me boo-hooing « BuzzMachine 2005
But now I am reading when I should be writing the diss , that is.
The 9th Carnival of GRADual Progress StyleyGeek 2007
sarra commented on the word diss
should really be 'dis', but I just can't bring myself to spell it that way
April 28, 2010