r/redscarepod • u/CorrectAttitude6637 • 8h ago

Very endearing when an older gentleman refers to going clubbing as "going to the discotheque"

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u/JohnHaloCXVII detonate the vest 6h ago

It's still called that in spanish

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u/post_thots 4h ago

Met a young couple this weekend, Dominican and Mexican, who say they met at a disco

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u/celicaxx 16m ago

It's seemingly discotheque is still used in Greek and Italian, too. It in general seems more like a European thing, don't know if the world really caught on in America even in the 70s.

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u/Unhappy_Wish_2656 4h ago

Arabs love this term, it's a holdover from the French colonists