Talk:Dissing

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I generally find it unpleasant to be "dissed" though I'm not sure what the majority of people feel about this dissue.

[edit] Disputed origin

I first heard "dis" used in a rap song in which the singer said that he went to Del-Mar and entered a "club called E". In there, he found a woman who "dissed [him] a miss". After this song, everyone was using the term "dis". When asked what it meant, they would say "disrespect". However, that is not what the song meant. In Del-Mar, CA, there is a bar called the "E-Club". It is short for "Enlisted Club" - a bar for enlisted Marines. In the Marine Corps, there is a common phrase "disk a miss". This comes from the firing range. If you miss the target, they will wave a disk across the target - a motion referred to as "disking a miss". So, anytime a Marine misses a target (such as failing at picking up a lady at a bar), his friends will say that she "disked a miss". The reason I am not putting this in the article is that I have no idea who the rap artist was or what the name of the song was. I know it was very early 90s because I was in the Marines at the time. Kainaw 13:27, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dissing gone mainstream?

Sensenbrenner: Bush Turned Back on Bill

Sensenbrenner did not attend a closed-door meeting between Bush political adviser Karl Rove and House Republicans, but said that some members complained to him that Rove didn't stay around for many questions or hear what lawmakers had to say.

"The overwhelming majority of those that I talked to who were at the conference believe that he dissed the House Republicans," Sensenbrenner said.

I think that's noteworthy: a Republican Congressman is using the verb "to dis" without irony. But how should we work this into the article?

(I think we should also mention the song Beat Dis, where "dis" is being used as a determiner. What do people think?)

--Tphcm 03:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)