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In Delaware, "dis" also seems to carry the meaning of "ditch." For
example, if someone's supposed to meet you and they don't show up, they
"dissed" you. I hear "dis" used in both ways all the time by my
teenagers and their friends.
Ann
On Fri, 10 Mar 1995, Tim Giles wrote:
> Beverly,
> To "dis" is to disrespect. What you are witnessing is language being
> simplified by its users.
