Y2K
[ wahy-too-key ]
noun
the year 2000.
Also called Y2K problem, Y2K bug. millennium bug.
Origin of Y2K
11995–2000; Y(ear) + 2 + K symbol for the number 1000
Words Nearby Y2K
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How to use Y2K in a sentence
For most of us, the repeal of DADT has been Y2K all over: something hyped, but nothing more.
Not likely, since the end-of-millennium Y2K scare was just as hysterical as the response to Irene.
We also must be ready for the 21st century from its very first moment by solving the so-called Y2K computer problem.
British Dictionary definitions for Y2K
Y2K
nouninformal
another name for the year 2000 ad (esp referring to the millennium bug)
Origin of Y2K
1C20: y (ear) + 2 + k (in the sense: thousand)
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