1995

Oklahoma City bombing

1995 refers to the year between 1994 and 1996, often used as a cultural or generational marker.

It appears in contexts evoking mid-nineties nostalgia—music, fashion, technology, or attitudes from that period: That song is so 1995.

Like other years used adjectivally, it suggests something dated or characteristic of its time.

entertainment

Toy Story

Tale about playthings

Seinfeld · The X-Files · ER · GoldenEye · Pocahontas · Jumanji · Casper · Waterworld · Mortal Kombat · Alanis Morissette

culture

PlayStation

Sony's gaming hardware brand

  • PokémonCollectible fictional creatures
  • grungeAccumulated dirt or filth
  • BritpopMid-nineties UK rock movement

Nirvana · Spice Girls · Tamagotchi · MTV Unplugged · gangsta rap · heroin chic · Calvin and Hobbes · The Simpsons · slacker · zines

technology

Windows 95

1995 PC platform

DVD · eBay · Yahoo! · AltaVista · Internet Explorer · PHP · CD-ROM · dial-up · AOL · MP3

events

Oklahoma City bombing

1995 American domestic terror attack

nostalgia

retro

Evoking recent past

childhood · old-school · classic · VHS · cassette · floppy disk · pager · Walkman · dial tone · mall culture

Opposites
temporal distance

1995ancient times

Long-ago historical era

distant past · prehistoric era · prehistory · antiquity · the present

millennium

19952001

Twenty-first century's opening year

2000 · 2024

Family

1990s

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G