noun
General Slang
disco belt
DISS-koh BELT · noun · slang
The mandatory reflective safety belt worn everywhere.
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The high-visibility reflective belt troops are required to wear for safety, mocked for its incongruously flashy look — as if headed to a disco.
“Even at the gym at 0500 you need your disco belt.”
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disco belt In A Sentence
Even at the gym at 0500 you need your disco belt.
Origin & Usage
US military slang.
Variants
reflective belt
People Also Ask
What is a 'disco belt'?
It's the mocking nickname for the high-visibility reflective belt troops are required to wear for safety, so called because its flashy look seems fit for a disco.
Why do troops mock the 'disco belt'?
The frustration is that it's mandated at all hours and in situations where it seems pointless — even at the gym before dawn — so troops ridicule it as absurd overkill.
Where does the term 'disco belt' come from?
It's US military slang, born from the incongruity of a bright reflective belt worn over an otherwise subdued uniform.
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