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deader than disco

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FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: TV Tropes and FandomCLUSTER: trope_vocabulary

A comparative phrase meaning either completely dead or extremely outdated, as in a trend, product or idea nobody cares about anymore.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""That app is deader than disco; nobody has posted there in years.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary calls it a comparative-only adjective phrase used as a simile and says it alludes to the fast decline of disco music after its 1970s peak. It also appears as a label in TV Tropes-style fandom vocabulary. No dated first use found.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (no dated first use found)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

Late 1970s onward

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (no dated first use found)

NOW

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