Y2K

[ wahy-too-key ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

abbreviation for

the year 2000.
Also called millennium bug ( ), a bug that could cause computers or software to misinterpret a year after 1999 as having the first two digits 19 instead of 20, due to the coding of dates using only the last two digits of the four-digit year.

adjective

relating to or characteristic of the late 1990s and early 2000s:
The outfit merges Y2K aesthetics with contemporary trends.

Y2K

noun

another name for the year 2000 ad (esp referring to the millennium bug)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Y2K¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; Y(ear) + 2 + K symbol for the number 1000

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Y2K¹

C20: y ( ear ) + 2 + k (in the sense: thousand)

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The track was followed by the single “Sugar Water Cyanide,” a distorted take on Y2K bubblegum pop, which came out in December.

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The actor-comedian made his directorial debut with “Y2K,” an early-aughts-set horror movie that imagines a world where machines actually do rise up against humanity as feared at the turn of the millennium.

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Stiles also opened up about collaborating with her old friend and fellow Y2K icon, musician Vanessa Carlton, on the movie, as well as being humbled by the Jumbotron at a Knicks game.

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“It’s our own little Y2K,” a deputy who was working Wednesday morning told The Times.

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The surface pleasures of “Y2K” are outlandishly fun, but plot-wise, the film is structurally unsound.

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