dis·co
ˈdi-(ˌ)skō 
plural discos
1
: a nightclub for dancing to live and recorded music
2
: popular dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythm, repetitive lyrics, and electronically produced sounds
see disc-
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Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Take the seductive colleague (Céline Camara) in the disco dress, who can push a red button and send her sequins shooting out like a thousand ninja throwing stars — that makes for a memorable set-piece but doesn’t advance the story in any way.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2024
Marlena Shaw, who cultivated a sultry stage presence and husky voice from the final echoes of the big-band era, to the go-go Playboy Clubs of the 1960s, to the rise of funk, to disco and finally to the modern cabaret circuit, died on Jan. 19.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
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Noun
As one of the first Western designers to popularize the towering silhouette, Ferragamo inspired countless iterations including the platform go-go boots of the 1960s, the flamboyant disco shoes of the ’70s and ’80s and Vivienne Westwood’s 1993 Ghillie lace-ups.
—Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Take the seductive colleague (Céline Camara) in the disco dress, who can push a red button and send her sequins shooting out like a thousand ninja throwing stars — that makes for a memorable set-piece but doesn’t advance the story in any way.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
In the Village People disco musical Can’t Stop the Music (1980), directed by Nancy Walker of Rhoda fame, Rush played the mother of Bruce Jenner’s character.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2024
Marlena Shaw, who cultivated a sultry stage presence and husky voice from the final echoes of the big-band era, to the go-go Playboy Clubs of the 1960s, to the rise of funk, to disco and finally to the modern cabaret circuit, died on Jan. 19.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Disco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disco. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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