party like it's 1999
Revel without restraint
To party like it's 1999 is to celebrate with abandon, as if the end were near.
The phrase comes from the Prince song "1999," which imagined revelry in the face of apocalypse.
It surged in literal use as the millennium approached, then settled into meaning any uninhibited celebration: We passed the bar exam and partied like it was 1999.
- Y2KCalendar-rollover computer problem
- turn of the centuryPeriod bridging two eras
- fin de siècleCentury's closing cultural moment
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
retro · confetti · dancefloor · champagne · midnight · DJ · disco · strobe lights · mixtape · karaoke · glowsticks · last dance · living it up · balloons · neon · VHS · Walkman · grunge
hedonism vs. asceticism
party like it's 1999deny oneself
Refuse personal gratification
abstain · asceticism · self-denial · clean living · straight edge
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