#2000s

"For the win" — added to endorse something enthusiastically.

Someone who resents your success instead of getting their own.

The messy, flash-photo, hipster party aesthetic of the late 2000s — American Apparel, eyeliner, and disco-grime.

The smaller party that keeps going after the main event ends.

Tricking someone into clicking a link that opens Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up.'

Those short shouts and tags a rapper layers behind the main vocal — 'skrrt,' 'yeah,' 'gang' and the like.

Means 'seriously' or 'for real' — you're not joking even a little.

A dismissive 'I don't care' delivered with maximum attitude.

Catchphrase meaning a ludicrously huge number, from Vegeta's scouter line in Dragon Ball Z.

To utterly dominate or humiliate someone, born from a gamer typo.

Curvy, attractive, and fabulous — coined by Destiny's Child.

Deliberately plain, unbranded, ordinary clothing as a style statement — think dad jeans and a blank tee.

To call out, get in touch, or shout someone out.

A casual way to admit a mistake — 'that was my fault.'

Very, a lot — the NorCal intensifier that went national.

Killing an enemy by shooting straight through a wall or surface.

To briefly expose yourself around cover to spot or shoot an enemy.

Collective noun for Twitter users — the people of the timeline.

To sit down and post up somewhere — grab a spot and settle in.

Faking it, putting on a false front to seem tougher or richer.

Iconic broken-English meme line from the 1991 Mega Drive game Zero Wing.

Killing the entire enemy team yourself in a single round.

To sit in one spot waiting to ambush enemies instead of moving around.

Modern Cockney rhyming slang for a clue — 'I haven't got a Scooby'.

To kill an enemy with a single precise shot, usually to the head.

Loud, lively, and full of energy — usually about music or a scene.

To keep dying to the enemy, handing them free resources and momentum.

Hyped, rowdy, and turnt — the energy of Southern 2000s rap.

Money, cash, paper — a tasty 2000s word for it.

A spectacularly bad mistake or failure — a defining piece of 2000s internet slang.

A clueless newbie, usually said with a sneer in online games.

Sliding your continuous fire from one enemy onto the next without stopping.

Like my status — an old social-media call for likes; can also mean let me see.

A sexy-secretary corporate aesthetic — pencil skirts, tiny glasses, sharp tailoring, and early-2000s power-dressing.

Extremely drunk or high — far past tipsy, barely functional.

To drink before the main event so you arrive already buzzed and save money.

A round where your team saves money instead of buying good gear.

Hitting your opponent during the recovery after they miss an attack.

To go out partying — to hit bars, clubs, and nightlife for the night.

Wild, exciting, out of control in the best way.