diss

/ dɪs /

verb

1. slang,  to treat (someone) with contempt

Word History and Origins

Origin of diss¹

C20: originally Black rap slang, short for _disrespect

Example Sentences

More recent performers have included this past year's headliner Kendrick Lamar, the rapper who cut out profanity but still performed a viral diss track of his rival Drake.

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A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit in which Drake had accused the world’s biggest record company of defaming him with the release and promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us.”

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A federal judge dismissed rapper Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s popular “Not Like Us,” a diss track at the center of a long-running beef between the stars.

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The network has comically fixated on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent diss of Miller, to the amusement of the New York Democrat.

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As expected, some of Swift’s more questionable lyrics — many of which were exponentially funnier as clean versions — garnered some chuckles, and “Actually Romantic,” an alleged Charli XCX diss track, notably concluded without applause.

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