Mike D

London cabs always dis me. I purposefully give them a good tip because I'm trying to straighten up the image where they don't want to pick up some shady-looking, bummy kid like myself. I'm trying to teach them that if you pick up the bummy-looking kid, you still get tipped, man. But they still jerk me around.

American Musician

Sir Mix-a-Lot

I follow politics in a big way, and always have since I was a kid. I've got opinions, but they're opinions on both sides - not just anti-Republican, which is a real popular thing for a rap artist to do. If you dis Republicans, nobody will get mad. I think the two-party system sucks. It's absolutely ignorant.

Wesley Morris

Sunken-place entrants include Clarence Thomas, Ben Carson, Tiger Woods, O.J. Simpson, sometimes Kanye West, and any black person with something nice to say about President Trump. It's more generous than 'sellout' and less punitive than 'Uncle Tom,' a dis and a road to redemption.

American Critic

Joss Whedon

The networks have a particular agenda, a particular model and structure. It doesn't have anything to do with content. This is not a dis on them - they are a business model, run by business people.

American Writer

Martin Landau

The Italian tough guys, dey talk real deep like dis down in dere chests... while the Irish speak way high-ah, up here in their heads.

American Actor

John Mayer

I don't write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don't release underground dis tracks.

Mannie Fresh

Use 'dis' informally among friends but avoid in professional settings.

Colloquial Usage

Understand 'dis' might be offensive, depending on the tone and relationship.

Cultural Awareness

Be clear 'dis' refers to disrespect, to avoid confusion with 'this'.

Context Clarity

'Dis' is often used in African American Vernacular English to mean 'this'.

African American Vernacular

'Dis' is common in music, films, and TV within informal or street language.

Pop Culture Reference

Used in casual texting and social media, not in formal writing.

Informal Texts

'Dis' as a prefix makes a word mean the opposite, showing negation or lack.

Opposite Meaning

Learn common words with the 'dis' prefix to expand vocabulary.

Word Formation

Be careful not to mishear 'dis-' words as positive or neutral terms.

Misinterpretation Avoidance

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A map of the brain -...

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Rory Sutherland: Sweat...

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Making the impossible...

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Plane Full of Sled Dogs...

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See the 1,000-Year-Old...

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Smugglers' Tunnel PIPE...

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Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways...

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Building a tiny home PIPE...

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Diving with Killer...

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