From ‘chillaxxx’ to ‘coolio’, how many of these ’90s slangs did you use?
Take a trip down memory lane with Surbhi Kapil Dhyani’s reel and relive the funniest words we thought made us sound trendy
Published 15.11.24, 09:03 AM
Image courtesy: @surbhitaalbhi/Instagram
The ’90s were an unforgettable time of change — marked by the end of the Cold War, Y2K worries, the globalisation of India’s economy and what not! It was also the decade when our vocabulary took a quirky turn, with many of us opting for some rather unusual slang in the name of being 'cool'. In her latest reel, Instagram creator Surbhi Kapil Dhyani hilariously revisits these gems that had us all talking in unexpected ways. From turning ‘mobile’ into ‘cell’, ‘cool’ into ‘coolio’, ‘How are you’ into ‘Howz ya’, to the somewhat tragic switch from ‘sunglasses’ to ‘glares’ — the ’90s truly had its moments. But we all got through it together and the 2000s brought even more words to make us chuckle, right? We shall come back with those later.
— Vedant Karia
Also Read: An ode to the simpler Durga Puja of the 90s
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