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		WalterGR on Dec 29, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz I run a slang dictionary. It's not.

epo on Dec 29, 2011 [–]

I have only ever seen the 'diss' spelling, perhaps your dictionary needs revising.

WalterGR on Dec 29, 2011 | [–]

Revising my dictionary in this case would mean artificially modifying the submission dates of the respective terms to suggest "diss" came first.

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