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Subject:Reply to OPINION: dissin' From:"Robert A. Goff" <outlaw -at- RT66 -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 1995 18:18:41 -0700
>My feeling is that the word has found its way into general American slang
>(particularly among young people), but I don't have any data on it.
It's pretty easy to disprove broad generalizations like that with
counter-examples, myself for one. I know what 'to diss' means from
watching television (::blush:: yes, I admit it, I watch Fox network!) aimed
at young urban audiences. Being neither and knowing very few who fall into
that demographic group, I have never been in a conversation in which 'to
diss' was used as a normal part of speech.
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