2006-07-29 16:39:20 · 5 answers · asked by Simone 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Well, you know full well that disrespect and disrespectFUL are words - the three answers above mine are obviously from people young enough to not remember when "dissing" someone wasn't a normal part of the language.
As for the when, I'm trying to think back to hearing it for the first time, and it seems to me it was in Inglewood, California - mid 1980s, maybe?
Perhaps the word, or at least the popular use taken from the root, has its beginnings in ebonics.
2006-07-29 17:26:42 · answer #1 · answered by Crooks Gap 5 · 8⤊ 3⤋
The earliest recorded incidences of the word are from the early 1600s. It's been around for a while:
Example:
"A dis-respecting, despising, and vilifying of Gods mercies"
1631 William GOUGE from "God's Three Arrowes"
2006-07-29 21:41:54 · answer #2 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When respect was coined. Just because you didn't know the meaning of word, doesn't mean the rest of the world wasn't using it. Disrespect has always been around.
2006-07-29 17:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About the same time people started pronouncing niche like NEESH.
2006-07-29 16:43:00 · answer #4 · answered by TXChristDem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The very day children get old enough to talk and react to parents.
2006-07-29 16:42:58 · answer #5 · answered by harley01xlc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋