| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| disco (adj., n., v.), discotheque, discothèque (n.) |
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| The noun disco is a clipped form of discotheque (sometimes still spelled with the grave accent), meaning “a night spot where dancing is done to the music of phonograph records or discs.” To enlarge its lexicon, this once-modish entertainment quickly availed itself of functional shift: a disco club and disco dancing display the adjective; to disco, that is “to go to such a place to dance,” is the verb. The noun disco is Standard, but the other parts of speech may be Semiformal or Conversational—as the phenomenon has faded, so too have these words. See PLURALS OF NOUNS ENDING IN -O. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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