English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Shortening of decomposition or decomposed.

Noun edit

decomp (plural decomps)

  1. (law enforcement, slang) Decomposition.
    There's no decomp, so the body can't have been there long.
  2. (law enforcement, slang) A decomposed body.
    • 2007, John Leake, Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer[1]:
      "It's a decomp. There's gonna be maggots, and that means I'm gonna have nightmares."
    • 2007, John Luciew, Fatal Dead Lines[2]:
      "It helped ventilate the place, especially when he had a decomp case. The coroner's offices were pitifully outdated."

Etymology 2 edit

Shortening of decompile and decompilation.

Verb edit

decomp (third-person singular simple present decomps, present participle decomping, simple past and past participle decomped)

  1. (transitive, slang, hacking) to decompile (especially videogames)

Noun edit

decomp (plural decomps)

  1. (slang, hacking) a decompilation (especially of a videogame)
  2. (slang, hacking, plural only) results of a decompilation (especially of a videogame)

Anagrams edit