English Explanatory Dictionary

party like it's 1999

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To party intensely, particularly when reckless or pessimistic.

Word forms

party like it's 1999 parties like it's 1999 partying like it's 1999 partied like it was 1999 partied like it's 1999

Etymology

From the Prince song called 1999 and released in 1982. The song uses the phrase in reference to a nuclear apocalypse predicted to occur in the year 2000, but it was later reinterpreted as meaning that the turn of the millennium calls for a particularly large celebration.

Related words

yolo as if there were no tomorrow like there is no tomorrow
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