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Y2K
[ wahy-too-key ]
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
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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Example Sentences
For most of us, the repeal of DADT has been Y2K all over: something hyped, but nothing more.
From The Daily Beast
Not likely, since the end-of-millennium Y2K scare was just as hysterical as the response to Irene.
From The Daily Beast
We also must be ready for the 21st century from its very first moment by solving the so-called Y2K computer problem.
From Project Gutenberg
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