Scott Blomquist

I’ve heard many instances in the last 5 years of people joking that something is "soooo 90s" indicating a passe taste or trend, but last night for the first time ever, I overheard someone use the phrase "back in the 90s" without a trace of humor in their voice. The conversation went something like:

"Didn’t you use to work here?"
"Yeah, but that was back in the 90s." (implying that it had been ages ago)

Now that we’re _almost_ 5 years into the decade of the oughts (as opposed, I guess, to the shoulds), it probably makes sense that the 90s is finally truly becoming a historical era, but that just sounded odd to my ears. I’d better get used to it, though.