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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Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Some inventive past examples include a popular touring revue with Ira Glass, a disco dance workout through the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a meditation on loneliness in the public atrium of a Financial District shopping mall.
—Brian Schaefer
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Dave Quinn, People.com, 19 June 2025
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
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Noun
The Wolverines and Buckeyes were bigger than disco in the ’70s, and by the end of the decade, the Spartans were forgotten like bellbottoms.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Some inventive past examples include a popular touring revue with Ira Glass, a disco dance workout through the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a meditation on loneliness in the public atrium of a Financial District shopping mall.
—Brian Schaefer
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Verb
Music would continue to come throughout the '70s, '80s, and '90s, with Christie dabbling in everything from country to disco.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 19 June 2025
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
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“Disco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disco. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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