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Y2K en · ADJ
Etymology
Abbreviated from the year 2000, where K denotes 1,000, derived from the prefix “kilo-.” However, according to the International System of Units (SI), the correct prefix for 1,000 is the lowercase k. The uppercase K is sometimes used informally, particularly in computing contexts, where it may denote 1,024 rather than 1,000.
Meanings
(qualifier:aesthetic) Pertaining to the Y2K aesthetic.
Abbreviated from the year 2000, where K denotes 1,000, derived from the prefix “kilo-.” However, according to the International System of Units (SI), the correct prefix for 1,000 is the lowercase k. The uppercase K is sometimes used informally, particularly in computing contexts, where it may denote 1,024 rather than 1,000.
Meanings
(metonymically, uncountable) The millennium bug.
(broadly, metonymically, uncountable) The millennium bug. ▸ The Y2K scare.
(abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable) Abbreviation of the year 2000.
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 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:
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. 2021, Lindsay Steenberg, Are You Not Entertained?: Mapping the Gladiator Across Visual Media, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
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. 2023 March 5, Maura Judkis, “American Girl says ’90s are ancient history; girls agree”, in The Herald-Sun, pages 1C and 3C: