That’s Hot! How Fluent Are You in Early 2000s Slang?

The early 2000s were a magical time – flip phones were revolutionary, Von Dutch trucker hats were high fashion, and everyone was trying to figure out exactly what Paris Hilton meant when she declared things “That’s hot.”

This era gave us some of the most distinctive slang in recent memory, powered by teen movies, reality TV, hip-hop culture, and the dawn of texting. From “bling-bling” to “that’s whack,” these expressions weren’t just ways of speaking – they were cultural statements that defined a generation coming of age alongside the internet.

Whether you were sending “brb” on AIM, calling your friends to tell them something was “off the chain,” or avoiding people who were “totally buggin,” the vocabulary of the early 2000s created an unmistakable linguistic moment that we’re still quoting (often ironically) today.

So grab your Juicy Couture tracksuit and Sidekick phone – it’s time to see if you remember the difference between “crunk” and “cribs,” or if your early 2000s vocabulary knowledge is… well… whack.