Meaning of Y2k | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of year 2000.
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
2. Millennium bug.
   metonymically, uncountable
3. The Y2K scare.
   broadly, metonymically, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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