1990s
Grunge era years
The 1990s are the decade from 1990 to 1999.
Often called the nineties, the period is associated with the end of the Cold War, the rise of the internet, grunge music, and a particular aesthetic now revisited nostalgically: nineties fashion is back.
Someone's nineties are ages 90–99: She's in her nineties but still sharp.
Handheld virtual pet device
- pogsCollectible disc game
- FurbiesElectronic plush creatures
- DiscmanPortable CD audio device
- VHSAnalog tape format
Nickelodeon · MTV · Goosebumps · Friends · Seinfeld · Titanic · Macarena
Newly launched businesses
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- NetscapePioneering nineties browser company
- browserWeb access program
- e-commerceInternet-based buying and selling
AOL · dial-up · modems · Yahoo · Amazon · eBay · IPO · entrepreneurs
Pacific Northwest metropolis
- NirvanaRelease from earthly existence
- SoundgardenSeattle grunge rock band
- flannelSoft napped cloth
- angstDeep unfocused worry
distortion · garage · alternative · slacker · apathy
Deceased hip-hop icon
- turntablesRecord-playing devices
- DJMusic mixer performer
- breakdanceAcrobatic street-style movement
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
Span of thousand years
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
rollover · midnight · COBOL · mainframe · patch · glitch · programming · preparedness
Tamagotchi
Handheld virtual pet device
VHS · Nickelodeon · MTV · Goosebumps · Friends · Seinfeld · Titanic · Macarena
startups
Newly launched businesses
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- NetscapePioneering nineties browser company
- browserWeb access program
e-commerce · AOL · dial-up · modems · Yahoo · Amazon · eBay · IPO · entrepreneurs · email
Seattle
Pacific Northwest metropolis
- NirvanaRelease from earthly existence
- SoundgardenSeattle grunge rock band
- flannelSoft napped cloth
angst · distortion · garage · alternative · slacker · apathy
Tupac
Deceased hip-hop icon
- turntablesRecord-playing devices
- DJMusic mixer performer
- breakdanceAcrobatic street-style movement
graffiti · flow · cypher · mixtape · sampling · Outkast · beef
millennium
Span of thousand years
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
countdown · rollover · midnight · COBOL · mainframe · patch · glitch · programming · preparedness · stockpiling
- Decades1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- Fashion ErasVictorian era, Edwardian era, Elizabethan era, Georgian era, Baroque
1990sancient times
Long-ago historical era
prehistory · distant future · antiquity · Middle Ages · Victorian era
1990sdigital age
Epoch of computerized life
smartphone era · social media age · 2020s · gaslight era · information age
- party like it's 1999Celebrate with abandon