Y2K

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Etymology

Abbreviated from "year 2000", with "K" standing for 1000, as in the prefix kilo- though capital K as a prefix is often used as x1024. The correct S.I. Prefix is lowercase k.

Noun

Y2K (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of year 2000.
    • 2021, Lindsay Steenberg, Are You Not Entertained?: Mapping the Gladiator Across Visual Media, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
      Y2K and the technological apocalypse that never was / It is at the turn of the millennium that the anxieties around postfeminist masculinity (registered by figures such as Maximus) fused with nostalgic anxieties around technology. […] Arguably the most significant pattern to emerge in the cinema of Y2K is that of entanglement between threatened masculinity and nostalgia.
    • 2023 February 26, DeAsia Paige, “Black hairstyles: Taking a stand against white beauty standards”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, volume 75, number 57, pages E1 and E8:
      Inside are fun, Instagrammable settings that are a nod to nostalgic trends in Black culture, including an installation of a pink bedroom featuring posters of Y2K-era artists like Destiny’s Child, Brandy and Ashanti, and a stage filled with covers of Black hair magazines.
    • 2023 March 5, Maura Judkis, “American Girl says ’90s are ancient history; girls agree”, in The Herald-Sun, pages 1C and 3C:
      Things like the Tamagotchi, an inflatable coach, a Pizza Hut Book It coupon, and a desktop computer with a CD-ROM and dial-up modem noises. Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, the two new dolls (twins!) are Seattleites on the cusp of Y2K.
  2. (computing, by metonymy) millennium bug

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