A commenter writes:
The word “disrespected”, when used as, “the ho [disrespected] me”, shows [a] new use of a word, now fairly accepted, regardless of how clumsy.
I often see people talk about something being a new use of the word — whether they’re condemning the supposed new use or accepting it — but much of the time that just turns out not to be so. I realize that most people don’t have the luxury of free access to the Oxford English Dictionary, but Google Books is often a good second best. Here’s a sample of what the OED reports:
trans. The reverse of to respect; to have or show no respect, regard, or reverence for; to treat with irreverence.
1614 WITHER Sat. to King, Juvenilia (1633) 346 Here can I smile to see..how the mean mans suit is dis-respected… 1706 HEARNE Collect. 26 Apr., He was disrespected in Oxford by several men who now speak well of him…. 1885 G. MEREDITH Diana I. 257 You will judge whether he disrespects me….
1791 PAINE Rights of Man (ed. 2) I. 101 Reflecting how wretched was the condition of a disrespected man….
Now it might well be that “disrespected,” whether as the past tense of a verb “disrespect,” or as the closely related adjective referring to someone who is disrespected, is more commonly used than before. But it’s certainly not new. And, more broadly, lots of assertions that some usage is new prove, on closer examination, to be unsound.