disco

Definition

Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).

Etymology

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

Example Sentences

• "Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life"
• "And black music became a hot commodity in the form of disco, its lyrics and rhythm laced with a palpable (even ethnic) amiguity, helping people dance and escape their concerns. Even the cry of “burn, baby, burn”, a popular chant during many a 1960s urban rebellion, was co-opted by the times, becoming the chorus for the 1977 dance hit “Disco Inferno.”"