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  • verb Present participle of diss.

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Examples

  • The only representative of the old school, Poppies school, the one Bush took absolute delight in dissing, every time.

    Matthew Yglesias » Wow 2009

  • We delight in dissing each other, killing each other and not supporting one another.

    Apology not accepted, lawmaker says of McDonnell 2010

  • June 4th, 2008 11: 07 am ET rachel, with a 28% approval rating, Mr. Obama is not alone in dissing this president.

    White House congratulates Obama on victory 2008

  • Think you missed the bigger point and besides got it a tad wrong as the PUBLIC were not all that involved in dissing Rather, NOT as much as many made out for sure but were the ones calling for his head.

    Dinosaur tears « BuzzMachine 2005

  • Joins Non-Trivial Solutions and Squander Two in dissing the liberati, but from an explicitly Catholic perspective.

    Marcus The Bard ... Laban 2005

  • Joins Non-Trivial Solutions and Squander Two in dissing the liberati, but from an explicitly Catholic perspective.

    Archive 2005-04-10 Laban 2005

  • – - Wow, today’s GOP has lost part of their soul with Norm Ornstein dissing them.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: March 17, 2010 2010

  • The very first written citation of an African-American song in English, published in 1830, is a song of this type: Round the Corn, Sally, in which the enslaved female singer is described as dissing every member of a picnic party in skillful rhyme.

    Archive 2006-01-29 Rogers 2006

  • The very first written citation of an African-American song in English, published in 1830, is a song of this type: Round the Corn, Sally, in which the enslaved female singer is described as dissing every member of a picnic party in skillful rhyme.

    Ye Momma Be So Fatte ... Rogers 2006

  • Indeed, the image ofhip-hop lingoslinging Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steelebegging forgivenessfor "dissing" -- by describing as an "entertainer" -- the GOP’s Big Boss Man and his millions-deep following of ditto heads, provides a splendid example of what many progressives find smirkingly amusing about the level of post-rational behavior within the base of the GOP.

    BOOTLEG REPUBLICANISM 2009

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