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decomp¹

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Shortening of decomposition or decomposed.

noun decomps

  1. slang Decomposition. There's no decomp, so the body can't have been there long.
  2. slang A decomposed body. "It's a decomp. There's gonna be maggots, and that means I'm gonna have nightmares."

verb decomps · decomping · decomped

  1. intransitive, slang, uncommon To decompose.

decomp²

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Shortening of decompile and decompilation.

verb decomps · decomping · decomped

  1. slang, transitive To decompile (especially a video game). If you want to decomp my sweater — Ocarina of Time has been fully decompiled into human-readable code

noun decomps

  1. slang A decompilation (especially of a video game).
  2. plural, plural only, slang The results of a decompilation (especially of a video game).

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@misc{decomp_2026,
  title = {decomp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}