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disco

[dis-koh] / ˈdɪs koʊ /
NOUN
discotheque
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“The disco dancing wasn’t really that hard for me because I grew up loving ’70s music, so I’d always dance in my room to it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Singer Callum Beattie's rendition of Baccara's Yes Sir, I Can Boogie – the 1970s disco tune recently adopted as Scotland's unofficial anthem - had the Scottish athletes dancing in their seats.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Later, in 1970s Manhattan, a quirky egalitarianism infused the city’s most famous disco, Studio 54.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Victor Willis, lead singer of the disco group Village People whose hit "Y.M.C.A." became a fixture at rallies for US President Donald Trump, has died, his spouse said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

And after a whole Sunday of that—you didn't miss much—the simple ding-dong of the doorbell this morning basically sounded like disco to me.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

I could hear all the traffic in L.A. coming to my house at two o’clock when the pubs and the discos closed.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Lewis English, a consultant for the Acoustic Fish Deterrence Delivery Group, says the lives of 182 million fish a year are on the line and that fish discos effectively scatter their patrons.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

As a student, she would host others before college discos, blasting out Destiny's Child songs and dressing up in her room.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2024

Ironically, in 1977, the year that Studio 54 opened its doors to a chosen few, 5,000 discos opened across the country.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2024

Then Mrs. Kurtz hip-bumped me, the way people did when they danced at discos in the seventies.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

Bill and his partner Emma Slater discoed to Cher’s “Strong Enough,” much to everyone’s amusement and horror.

From Time Nov. 5, 2013

The 'runners' wined and dined and discoed, and now they are back to treating us like we didn't exist.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Manhattan's Central Park, the box phe nomenon has linked up with the roller-skating craze to produce a bizarre form of discoing that not only defies description but se riously discourages it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mariana says he "is a pretty good dancer, but he would be real good if we could go discoing more often."

From Time Magazine Archive

Christina's whirl is now Manhattan, where she went discoing at Studio 54 last week with Nikos Boukis, a childhood friend whose family is also into ships.

From Time Magazine Archive




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