disco dancer

Seventies floor performer

A disco dancer is someone who dances to disco music, the pulsing, beat-driven dance music that dominated clubs in the 1970s.

The term evokes a specific era of glittering dance floors, mirrored balls, and flashy moves: She was quite the disco dancer back in her Studio 54 days.

It can sound dated or nostalgic now.

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glitterball · platform shoes · polyester · leisure suit · nightclub · funk · Saturday Night Fever · staying alive · Travolta · sequins · mirror ball · spinning · twirl · DJ · Studio 54 · bell-bottoms · afro · sparkle

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Opposites
social participation and visibility

disco dancerwallflower

Shy person avoiding socializing

shrinking violet · bystander · spectator · introvert · loner

dance genre and era

disco dancerpunk rocker

Aggressive antiestablishment musician

headbanger · mosher · metalhead · folk dancer · square dancer

personality and lifestyle

disco dancerhomebody

One preferring domestic life

hermit · ascetic · couch potato · shut-in · monk

Family

disco, dancer, dance, danced, dancing, dances, discos, discotheque, discotheques

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G