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Tags: <word-request><slang><antonyms>
Title: The antonym of "diss"
Question: I learn that 'diss' is a shortened version of "disrespect" Urban Dictionary: diss   For example, try to diss me, man.   What's the opposite of it? I searched 'spect' as shorthand for 'respect'. Nevertheless, it does not feel as strong and smart as 'diss'  Note: 'Diss' is a extremely popular in China as cyberspeak for joking with each other.

Answers:
sents: text: My first thought was to give someone props : give props to (one) To praise one and show them respect.
text: Thank you, but I have to give props to Jeanne, who organized this entire event for us.
text: (TFD) props noun, ( usually used with a singular verb)
text: Slang.
text: proper or due respect or recognition; credit: I give him props for putting up with annoying customers.
text: (Dictionary.com)
text: That's well-known here in the US.
text: There's a relevant post on ELU:
text: What's the etymology of “props”?
text: Notice that props itself is not used as a verb in this sense.
text: We don't *prop or *props someone to mean that we praise them.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/36187/Em.
score: 52
sents: text: Kudos is originally used to praise and honor someones achievements, but is also used to show respect in popular culture nowadays.
text: For example, you could congratulate your friend on passing a test by saying: Kudos to you for passing that test!
text: That is quite a feat.
text: Be mindful that kudos is a singular form, even though it looks like a plural.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/64503/Lars Mekes
score: 18
sents: text: Big-up or Big-ups is used to acknowledge respect
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/69171/hairmot
score: 15
sents: text: The term diss is certainly slang.
text: All dictionaries that I checked list it as such.
text: So, the opposite of it should probably also be a slang word.
text: Thus, one possible antonym of the word diss that you might consider would be the term respek (see definition #4 in Urban Dictionary) which was popularized in the early 2000s by the satirical fictional character Ali G portrayed by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
text: And it can definitely be used as an inside term (a term that's typically understood only by people who know certain facts and context).
text: Examples: Stop dissing me, man.
text: Instead, show me some respek . — I nailed his ass five times in a row in Warcraft today. — Total respek , man!
text: Ali G talks about how respek is important (don't forget it's comedy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqtg_JFGh6I
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/6450/Michael Rybkin
score: 13
sents: text: I have heard ‘spec’ used in UK as a positive reinforcement of a person’s integrity, a shortened form of ‘respect’.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/69172/Steve
score: 4
sents: text: You mention that diss is slang.
text: You didn't mention whether you wanted your result to be slang.
text: Here are some less slangy results: prop (as in "prop him up", slightly different than "give him props" as noted in Max's answer )
text: give kudos [to] (again, a variation of usage from another answer,
text: this time Lars Mekes's answer ) several others: compliment, envy / be jealous, follow, praise (or "singing his praises"), glorify, honor, elevate, dignify, give homage, venerate
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/17653/TOOGAM
score: 2
sents: text: "Stroking" is verbally boosting someone's ego, with praise or gushing admiration or fawning.
text: It seems to me the perfect absolute antonym to "diss", which isn't just about disrespect, it's about trying to tear someone down and damage their ego.
text: "Bob, that was really the best, your stuff is the best, you're the best."
text: "Aww, Betty, thanks
text: but you really don't have to stroke me like that."
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/56062/Beanluc
score: 0
sents: text: Word Sometimes: word up From generally the same culture as 'diss' comes the single word exclamation: word, signifying respect or agreement with the person spoken to.
text: The Urban Dictionary definition of "word" is "Word"
text: has no single meaning, but is used to convey a casual sense of affirmation, acknowledgement, agreement, or to indicate that something has impressed you favorably .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/89/mcalex
score: 0
sents: text: Diss can be used as a verb or as a noun.
text: Similarly, it's antonym should be the same.
text: Complement is the closest word I can think of.
text: He dissed me.
text: He complimented me.
text: That's a bad diss.
text: That's a good complement.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/69277/Wisani
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
Kudos  was originally used to praise someone's achievements, but is also used to show  respect  in popular culture nowadays.  For example, you could congratulate your friend on passing a test by saying:   "Kudos to you for passing that test!", meaning "That is quite a feat".
Kudos is originally used to praise and honor someones achievements.