1574 M. Stokys in G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. (1841) App. A. p. xiv One of the Bedels must..proclayme thorder of their standynge..upon the Dis Dayes..Yf it be Dys, then..from one of the Clocke untyll fyve.

1986 Los Angeles Times 31 Aug. (Calendar) 87/4 Please give credit where credit is due—point an accusing finger at the Long Beach Police Department for not doing its job and stop the ‘dis’ (disrespect) on rap music for once and for all.

1993 Rolling Stone 18 Feb. 60/3 Tricks of the Shade, the Goats' debut, was recorded last year, when Bush-Quayle disses were less of a foregone conclusion.

2001 N.Y. Mag. 14 May 76/1 All fifteen tracks are one-dimensional disses and dismissals of scantily clad women, vengeful boyfriends, and the group's assorted doubters.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 106 Gone dis, a colloquialism for mentally weak. The term comes from a telegraph or telephone signaller's phrase meaning disconnected.

1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 219 The poor old chap's brain's going dis.

1932 ‘R. Stranger’ Outl. Wireless iii. 151 If the circuit is broken at any point, electron current ceases to flow, and we say that the circuit is ‘dis’.

1932 Telegr. & Teleph. Jrnl. July 218/2 Her mistress had just gone out intending to report her line ‘dis.’ via a call office.

1971 P. Dickinson Sleep & his Brother v. 122 That dismal little switchboard in her room went dis... I found a hairpin which she'd dropped across the terminals.

1937 Wireless World 26 Feb. 215/3 There's no warning whistle to tell him [sc. the wireless listener] the speaker is ‘dissed’.

1969 P. Dickinson Pride of Heroes 124 You've heard about me dissing my wirelesses?

1899 J. Southward Mod. Printing II. 168 It is not necessary for an operator to read the matter to be ‘dis'd’.

1903 ‘No. 7’ 25 Years in 17 Prisons x. 96 There was ‘pie’ to the left of us, ‘pie’ to the right of us..and what had only taken a week to ‘set up’ took nearly a month to ‘dis’.

1903 ‘No. 7’ 25 Years in 17 Prisons xii. 115 For the first week or two I was put upon ‘dissing’.

1970 Brit. Printer Aug. 69/1 Type is not dissed and some fairly elaborate machines are needed to cast refills for the cases.

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Diss (printers), abbreviation for distribution, i.e., printed off type—to be returned to its respective cases, and re-composed.

1899 J. Southward Mod. Printing II. 169 The type being ordinary ‘dis’, and in no way assorted.

1980 ‘Spoonie Gee’ Spoonin' Rap (song) in L. A. Stanley Rap: the Lyrics (1992) 307 Ya wanna be dissed and then ya wanna be a crook Ya find a old lady, take her pocketbook.

1988 S. Lee Do the Right Thing (film script, 2nd draft) in S. Lee & L. Jones Do the Right Thing (1989) 169 Buggin' Out. Next time you see me coming, cross the street quick. Ahmad. He's dissing you.

1990 Boston Globe 2 May 12/5 While taking a dispute to someone's home is the ultimate in ‘dissing’,..there are other insults that can be just as deadly, such as sucking your teeth when another walks by or smiling too much. ‘You dis, you die,’ some youths say.

1996 Just Seventeen 14 Aug. 13/1 You're sitting in the local caff when you hear some girls dissing your mate. Do you tell her?

2000 Independent 11 May ii. 4/1 Seething at seeing his life's work in pesticide research being dissed by the organic lobby, he called in the Advertising Standards Authority.