What is the official name for those mirror disco balls, if there is one?

Just wondering if you guys could help me out with this.

Edit Spelling. Also, it's not disco ball, there's some other word for it that I can't find anywhere. They existed before disco, there was one in Casablanca, surely there was some other name for the disco ball that doesn't involve disco. Come on, guys.

EDIT 2 Guys. I saw Wikipedia. The word I am looking for, which I can not find on the internet, is NOT mirror ball, glitter ball, disco ball, or ball mirror. It's a technical term. Please. I can only hope that in the future I don't get a thousand replies and pm's to my questions, all saying disco ball.

EDIT 3 SPECULAR SPHERE. Alright guys.

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But mine's not a novelty account! It's just situationally convenient.

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HydroCabron•16 yr. ago

Is there a way to write a script which will downvote all of the posts which begin with "I'll probably get downvoted to oblivion", and close variants, automatically, so I don't have to crawl through the comments and downvote each one by hand?

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I'll probably get upvoted to high heaven for this, but your post made me and my friend laugh.

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blue_horse_shoe•16 yr. ago

I totally see the seventh chevron on an Earth Stargate.

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Quady•16 yr. ago

I see... disco ball

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She has a bulge in her pants... or is that her knee?

ed19•16 yr. ago

It can be whatever you want it to be ;)

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Uh, then it's a knee... whistles innocently

New_Executive•16 yr. ago

disco ball

TealC-father-of-RyaC•16 yr. ago

Indeed, it appears to be in an obscure dialect of Goa'uld. I believe it symbolizes reverence for the Tau'ri.

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My memories are fond of the Tau'ri.

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indeed, disco ball is an inside job!

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YEA DISCO!

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CUoNTour•16 yr. ago

ASCII art? Really? Oh god please no.

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CUoNTour•16 yr. ago

From the downvotes I can only guess the digg users have infiltrated.

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disco ball

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Disco Ball

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Yeah, what are those DISCO BALLS called?

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An STD that you get from bangin a chick at a dance club. Dude, that raver skank gave me disco ball; my nuts won't stop itching!

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Brndn•16 yr. ago

You deserved those downvotes.

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[deleted]•16 yr. ago

It would seem this bandwagon is not without its sense of irony.

elmphlemp•16 yr. ago

disco ball z is kinda funny

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bakanino•16 yr. ago

disco ball (if someone actually takes the time to make it all the way down here to upvote this, I will be really impressed)

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ryanmarch7•16 yr. ago

disco ball (i made it)

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bakanino•16 yr. ago

disco ball (and you deserve this hearty upvote)

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disco ball (why thank you kind sir. have one yourself.)

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disco ball (you all get upvotes!)

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disco ball (you're towards the top right now)

bakanino•16 yr. ago

disco ball (I'm so proud to be a redditor)

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disco ball

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karmacide•16 yr. ago

this is the worst thread ever. and it's really sad that i need a throwaway account to point this out.

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It's really sad that you care so much about karma that you won't post a comment that might be downvoted with your normal account.

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Disco ball!

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disco ball?

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viscence•16 yr. ago

Ah, Karma, you're so fickle!

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VulturE•16 yr. ago

It's disco ball, but the wiki link gives the older outdated usages of the name. If you called it anything other than disco ball, people would raep you with one.

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ladon86•16 yr. ago

disco ball

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disco ball

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That's what I like about reddit. You people are all fucking hilarious.

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disco ball

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disco ball

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disco ball

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jackmorrow•16 yr. ago

hey yeah, it's disco ball, btw.

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knighter50•16 yr. ago

SPECULAR SPHERE

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disco ball

sW74eNuZ•16 yr. ago

I'm surprised you weren't downmodded!

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chemistry_teacher•16 yr. ago

REFLECTIVE ROUND THINGY

computmaxer•16 yr. ago

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

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I think this is actually false, a sphere has a smooth surface.

Google image search for Specular Sphere

Anyway, disco ball.

starkrampf•16 yr. ago

Move up my SPECULAR SPHERE, move up.. hush hush.

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bakerie•16 yr. ago

I'm sure you won't see this under all the other posts, but prior to being called a "disco ball" it was a glitter ball, then prior to that (Casablanca for example) it was a mirror ball.

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disco ball

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theviking10•16 yr. ago

Disco ball?

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EggyWeggs•16 yr. ago

disco ball

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disco ball

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cliffotn•16 yr. ago

Just call me 'disco.'

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reivax•16 yr. ago

Indeed. For faster results next time, try wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_ball

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i found a neat thing to try :D

SparkleBall!

instructions

Edit: photos!

NotMarkus•16 yr. ago

No need to upvote this comment. The OP will see it in his inbox regardless.

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disco ball

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disco ball

mishna•16 yr. ago

I think the reason why it's not remembered by any other name because it truly came into it's fame during the disco era.

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bakerie•16 yr. ago

EDIT- Removed due to context post above being deleted.

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EggyWeggs•16 yr. ago

disco ball

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bisco dall

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I hate to say it, because I'm doing it too. YOU BROKE THE COMBO!!! :(

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isarl•16 yr. ago

You, sir or madam, are a gentleman or gentlewoman and scholar.

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saskier•16 yr. ago

El Ballo Del Disco

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No comprende downvote

NitsujTPU•16 yr. ago

Haha, an informative comment on a post like this!?!

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Diabolico•16 yr. ago

Let me make this a little more visible by replying. Also, when did 4chan decide to show up here?

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FemaleUbuntuer•16 yr. ago

I got downvoted for saying the same thing. This place is unfair.

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