OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11546

disco

/ˈdɪskəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
discoteca
Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life
disco
A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.
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. Eve…
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